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The Effect of Wives' Labor Force Partcipation on Inequality in the Distribution of Family Income

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  • Barbara R. Bergmann
  • Judith Radlinski Devine
  • Patrice Gordon
  • Diane Reedy
  • Lewis Sage
  • Christina Wise

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We investigate the forces affecting the distribution of income by analyzing an unbalanced panel of information for 16 industrialized countries for the years 1966 through 1994. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient of equivalent ...

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  • Barbara R. Bergmann & Judith Radlinski Devine & Patrice Gordon & Diane Reedy & Lewis Sage & Christina Wise, 1980. "The Effect of Wives' Labor Force Partcipation on Inequality in the Distribution of Family Income," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 15(3), pages 452-455.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:15:y:1980:i:3:p:452-455
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    1. Mats Johansson & Bjorn Gustafsson, 1997. "In Search for a Smoking Gun: What Makes Income Inequality Vary Over Time in Different Countries?," LIS Working papers 172, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    2. Nolan, Brian & Azzollini, Leo & Breen, Richard, 2022. "From Gender Equality to Household Earnings Equality: the role of Women's Labour Market Outcomes across OECD Countries," INET Oxford Working Papers 2022-13, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford.

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