What is the contribution of intra­household inequality to overall income inequality?: evidence from global data, 1973-­2013

Authors

Deepak Malghan
Hema Swaminathan

Document Type

Working Paper

Abstract

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.Â

Publication Date

1-4-2016

Publisher

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Pagination

32p.

Recommended Citation

Malghan, Deepak and Swaminathan, Hema, "What is the contribution of intra­household inequality to overall income inequality?: evidence from global data, 1973-­2013" (2016). Working Papers. 497.
https://research.iimb.ac.in/work_papers/497

Relation

IIMB Working Paper-522