What is the contribution of Intra-household inequality to overall income inequality? Evidence from global data, 1973-2013

Description

Intra-household inequality continues to remain a neglected corner despite renewed focus on income and wealth inequality. Using the LIS micro data, we present evidence that this neglect is equivalent to ignoring up to a third of total inequality. For a wide range of countries and over four decades, we show that at least 30 per cent of total inequality is attributable to inequality within the household. Using a simple normative measure of inequality, we comment on the welfare implications of these trends

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publisher

Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg

Keywords

Income inequality

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