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'Birds of a Feather Flock Together': The Impact of Choice of Spouse on Family Labor Income Inequality

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: . This paper analyzes to what extent the rise in women's labor force participation has led to ‘flocking together’, i.e. whether women with high labor income tend to be married to men with high labor income, or vice versa. Based on the decomposition of the Gini coefficient and a related index for the extent of ‘flocking together’ applied to labor income data for Norway for the period 1973–97, we find a tendency for ‘flocking together’ for all married couples, and married couples with two labor incomes.

Source: Labour

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2005.00311.x

Authors: Iulie Aslaksen, Tom Wennemo, Rolf Aaberge

Institution: Statistics Norway

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality, Decent work and economic growth, No poverty

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2068388917

FWCI: 1.475

Cites: 39

Cited by: 26

Related to: 10