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abstract: 'Men and women have become increasingly similar in their education,
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employment and earnings over recent decades. It has been argued that
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these changes have implications for economic inequality, not least
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because couples tend to be formed by persons with similar traits. Given
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the family''s role in pooling and redistributing resources, increased
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equality within households may lead to the accumulation of either
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favorable or unfavorable situations. This has been expected to increase
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inequality between households. We investigate the extent to which the
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increased similarity in partners'' employment participation and earnings
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can account for changes in income inequality.
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We use LIS data for Denmark, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US from the
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mid-19805 to the mid-2000s and employ decomposition techniques of the
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Theil index. We enrich the existing literature by providing
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internationally comparative evidence for a long time period up to more
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recent dates, and propose an innovative method to account for effects of
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employment and earnings similarity independently from changes in the
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overall earnings distribution.
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In contrast to the expectations, we show that an increased similarity
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among partners does not augment inequality to a relevant degree, and
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that the inflow of women in employment contributed to reducing
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inequality among households rather than augmenting it. Observed
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increases in inequality are instead driven by the increased polarization
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between high- and low-income families and by changes in the income
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dispersion within family types, suggesting that important social
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stratifiers are at work other than gender. Despite key institutional
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differences, this holds true for all five countries. (C) 2016 Elsevier
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Ltd. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Scherer, S (Corresponding Author), Univ Trento, Via Verdi 26, I-38122
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Trento, Italy.
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Grotti, Raffaele; Scherer, Stefani, Univ Trento, Via Verdi 26, I-38122 Trento, Italy.'
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author: Grotti, Raffaele and Scherer, Stefani
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author-email: stefani.scherer@unitn.it
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author_list:
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- family: Grotti
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given: Raffaele
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- family: Scherer
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given: Stefani
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2016.06.001
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eissn: 1878-5654
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files: []
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issn: 0276-5624
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journal: RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY
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keywords: 'Income inequality; Gender equality; Labor market participation;
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Earnings'' similarity; Assortative mating; Household change'
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keywords-plus: 'INCOME INEQUALITY; ASSORTATIVE MARRIAGE; EARNINGS INEQUALITY; WIVES
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EARNINGS; TRENDS; ATTAINMENT'
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language: English
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month: SEP
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number-of-cited-references: '60'
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pages: 13-26
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papis_id: d9e0a47da8101d71094419316353aff4
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ref: Grotti2016doesgender
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times-cited: '19'
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title: Does gender equality increase economic inequality? Evidence from five countries
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000383816500002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '51'
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volume: '45'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2016'
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