Arbeitspapier

Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households: Evidence from Sweden

Bertrand et al. (2015) show that among married couples in the US, the distribution of the share of the household income earned by the wife exhibits a sharp drop just to the right of .50. They argue that this drop is consistent with a social norm prescribing that a man should earn more than his wife. We repeat this analysis for Sweden, ranked as one of the world's most gender equal countries. Analyzing Swedish population register data, we do not find support for the norm that a man should earn more than his wife.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9533

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Household Behavior: General
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Thema
gender roles
marriage market
gender gap
gender identity

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hederos Eriksson, Karin
Stenberg, Anders
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2015

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hederos Eriksson, Karin
  • Stenberg, Anders
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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