Gender identity, preference, and relative income within households

Yucong Zhao, Bing Ye and Jinchuan Shi

China Economic Review, 2022, vol. 71, issue C

Abstract: In this paper, we empirically study the impact of gender identity on wives' relative income within households in China and find that a husband's and a wife's traditional gender identity statistically significantly and negatively affect the wife's relative income in the household. The heterogeneous effects of gender identity for different residence types, education levels, and age groups are also studied. Supporting empirical evidence is explored for the preference mechanism that couples with traditional gender identities are more averse to having a wife who earns more than her husband. We also find that a husband earns less if the husband or the wife has a traditional gender identity.

Keywords: Gender identity; Relative income; Life satisfaction; Labor force performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 I31 J16 J22 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101741

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