What is the Contribution of Intra-household Inequality to Overall Income Inequality? Evidence From Global Data, 1973-­‐2013

Deepak Malghan and Hema Swaminathan ()

No 679, LIS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: Intra-household inequality continues to remain a neglected corner despite renewed focus on income and wealth inequality. Using the LIS micro data, we present evidence that this neglect is Equivalent to ignoring up to a third of total inequality. For a wide range of countries and over four decades, we show that at least 30 per cent of total inequality is attributable to inequality within the household. Using a simple normative measure of inequality, we comment on the welfare implications of these trends.

Keywords: earnings; inequality; intra household; Theil decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2016-09
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