abstract: 'Some previous studies of the relationship between women''s labor force

  participation and household income inequality indicate that the

  promotion of the former has an equalizing effect on the latter; other

  studies insist that the promotion of women''s labor force participation

  has a widening effect on household income inequality by way of the

  tendency toward assortative marriage. Hence, the relationship between

  women''s labor force participation and household income inequality is

  unclear in the literature. This study aims to clarify the mechanism

  through which the interaction between household income and marriage

  produces social inequality by using mathematical and simulation-based

  approaches. The presented findings suggest that the promotion of women''s

  labor force participation has a temporary widening effect on household

  income inequality, but an attenuating effect in the long run. They also

  state that assortative marriage itself has no widening effect on

  household income inequality, but rather an accelerating effect on

  widening inequality. Finally, by applying the model of that mechanism to

  Japan, I examine changes in household income inequality in that country.'
affiliation: 'Sudo, N (Corresponding Author), Gakushuin Univ, Dept Polit Studies,
  Fac Law, Toshima Ku, 1-5-1 Mejiro, Tokyo 1718588, Japan.

  Sudo, Naoki, Gakushuin Univ, Dept Polit Studies, Sociol, Tokyo, Japan.'
author: Sudo, Naoki
author-email: naoki.sudo@gakushuin.ac.jp
author_list:
- family: Sudo
  given: Naoki
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/sf/sox011
eissn: 1534-7605
files: []
issn: 0037-7732
journal: SOCIAL FORCES
keywords-plus: 'FAMILY INCOME; EARNINGS INEQUALITY; WIVES EARNINGS; WORKING WIVES;

  UNITED-STATES; EMPLOYMENT; COUNTRIES; POVERTY'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '37'
orcid-numbers: Sudo, Naoki/0000-0003-3589-9418
pages: 1427-1449
papis_id: f84829044acb743b5c4f8f116d92cdce
ref: Sudo2017effectswomens
researcherid-numbers: Sudo, Naoki/AAM-8222-2021
times-cited: '13'
title: 'The Effects of Women''s Labor Force Participation: An Explanation of Changes
  in Household Income Inequality'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000401773700048
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '16'
volume: '95'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2017'