Male Income, Female Income, and Household Income Inequality in Israel: A Decomposition Analysis

Ayal Kimhi

No 46293, Discussion Papers from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management

Abstract: Differentiating between the sensitivity of income inequality to male income and female income, and decomposing inequality by income determinants, we find that total income inequality is less sensitive to female income variability or the level of female income than to male income variability or the level of male income. Uniform increases in education reduce income inequality, with female education having a larger effect than male education. The fraction of minority populations has a positive effect on inequality, but this operates mostly through female income. All this suggests that female income is the most adequate target for inequality-reducing policy, and that within-household gender equality is good for reducing income inequality among households.

Keywords: Consumer/Household; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.46293

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