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Zinovyeva, Natalia and Tverdostup, Maryna (2021) Gender identity, coworking spouses and relative income within households. American Economic Journal : Applied Economics, 13 (4). pp. 258-284. doi:10.1257/app.20180542 ISSN 1945-7782.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20180542
Abstract
Bertrand, Kamenica and Pan (2015) document that in the United States there is a discontinuity to the right of 0.5 in the distribution of households according to the female share of total earnings which they attribute to the existence of a gender identity norm. We provide an alternative explanation for this discontinuity unrelated to the gender identity norm. Using linked employer-employee data from Finland, we show that the discontinuity emerges as a result of equalization and convergence of earnings in co-working couples, and it is associated with an increase in the relative earnings of women, rather than a decrease as predicted by the norm. We also provide evidence suggesting that co-working spouses may play an important role in explaining the discontinuity observed in the United States.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | |||||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Income, Spouses, Gender identity | |||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | American Economic Journal : Applied Economics | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: | American Economic Association | |||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1945-7782 | |||||||||||||||
Official Date: | October 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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Volume: | 13 | |||||||||||||||
Number: | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 258-284 | |||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1257/app.20180542 | |||||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||
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Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 September 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 September 2020 | |||||||||||||||
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