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

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  • Robert Schoeni
  • Maria Cancian

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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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  • Robert Schoeni & Maria Cancian, 1992. "Female Earnings and the Level and Distribution of Household Income in Developed Countries," LIS Working papers 84, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
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    1. Timothy Smeeding & Inge O'Connor & Peter Saunders, 1994. "The Distribution of Welfare: Inequality, Earnings Capacity, and Household Production in a Comparative Perspective," LIS Working papers 122, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    2. Bardasi, Elena & C. Gornick, Janet, 2000. "Women and part-time employment: workers’ ‘choices’ and wage penalties in five industrialized countries," ISER Working Paper Series 2000-11, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
    3. Elena Bardasi, 2000. "Women and Part-Time Employment: Workers ""Choices"" and Wage Penalties in Five Industrialized Countries," LIS Working papers 223, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    4. Peter Gottschalk & Timothy Smeeding, 1995. "Cross National Comparisons of Levels and Trends in Inequality," LIS Working papers 126, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.

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