Female Earnings and the Level and Distribution of Household Income in Developed Countries

Robert Schoeni and Maria Cancian ()

No 84, LIS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: Analyzes wives labor force participation, wives earnings, and the distribution of household income in eleven LIS countries and, for four countries, across time. The authors use the squared coefficient of variation to measure the mitigating effect of wives earnings on inequality.

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Date: 1992-09
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