The contribution of Intra-household gender inequality in earnings to overall inequality: Evidence from Global Data, 1973-2013

Description

Intra-household inequality continues to remain a neglected concept despite renewed focus on income and wealth inequality. Using the LIS microdata, 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 gender inequality in earnings within the household. Using a simple normative measure of inequality, we comment on the welfare implications of these trends.

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Keywords

Earnings, Gender inequality, Intra-household, Theil decomposition

Conference

Political Economy of Emerging Market Countries: The Challenges of Developing More Humane Societies Organized by Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University in partnership with Georgetown University India Initiative & Indian Institute of Management, 2-3 January, 2017, Calcutta

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