2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'This article shows that women''s rising earnings contributed to reducing
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inequality in household earnings, with respect to couples. We use data
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from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) on 1,148,762 coupled households,
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covering 18 OECD countries and the period from 1973 to 2013. In this
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period, women''s share of household earnings grew, spouses'' earnings
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became more strongly and positively correlated in various countries, and
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inequality in women''s earnings was reduced. Inequality in household
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earnings increased due to the rising correlation between spouses''
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earnings, but was reduced more by the decline of inequality in women''s
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earnings. Had women''s earnings remained unchanged since the 1970s and
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1980s, inequality in household earnings would have been higher around
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2010 in all observed OECD countries. Household inequality was reduced
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least by trends in women''s earnings in countries with a long history of
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high female labor-force participation, such as Finland (3\% reduction)
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and Sweden (5\%), and most in countries that observed a stronger
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increase in female labor-force participation in recent decades such as
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Spain (31\%) and the Netherlands (41\%). As more countries are reaching
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a plateau in the growth of women''s employment and earnings, the
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potential for further stimulating women''s employment and earnings to
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counter both women''s and household inequality seems to be increasingly
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limited.'
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affiliation: 'Nieuwenhuis, R (Corresponding Author), Stockholm Univ, SOFI, S-10691
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Stockholm, Sweden.
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Nieuwenhuis, Rense, Stockholm Univ, Swedish Inst Social Res SOFI, Stockholm, Sweden.
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van der Kolk, Henk; Need, Ariana, Univ Twente, Dept Publ Adm, Enschede, Netherlands.'
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author: Nieuwenhuis, Rense and van der Kolk, Henk and Need, Ariana
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author-email: rense.nieuwenhuis@sofi.su.se
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author_list:
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- family: Nieuwenhuis
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given: Rense
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- family: van der Kolk
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given: Henk
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- family: Need
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given: Ariana
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/0001699316654528
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eissn: 1502-3869
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files: []
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issn: 0001-6993
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journal: ACTA SOCIOLOGICA
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keywords: 'Women''s earnings; female labor-force participation; inequality;
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household; homogamy; incomplete revolution'
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keywords-plus: 'WESTERN COUNTRIES; INCOME INEQUALITY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; GENDER;
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OPPORTUNITIES; EXPLANATIONS; SWEDEN; LABOR; PAY'
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '41'
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orcid-numbers: Nieuwenhuis, Rense/0000-0001-6138-0463
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pages: 3-20
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papis_id: 4f22bb8444b316281baa3b8caa5c9059
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ref: Nieuwenhuis2017womensearnings
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researcherid-numbers: Nieuwenhuis, Rense/B-4986-2013
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times-cited: '23'
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title: Women's earnings and household inequality in OECD countries, 1973-2013
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000391570900001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '24'
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volume: '60'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2017'
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