The contribution of Women's Employment and Earnings to Household Income Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis
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Keywords
Income inequality; female employment; gender pay gap;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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