FAMILY INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE ROLE OF MARRIED FEMALES' EARNINGS IN MEXICO: 1988-2010

We study family income inequality in Mexico from 1988 to 2010, when among married couples, the share of income contributed by females grew from 13 to 23 percent. However, the correlation of married males' to married females' earnings has been fairly stable at 0.28, one of the highest corre...

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Autores principales:	Campos-Vázquez,Raymundo M, Hincapié,Andrés, Rojas-Valdés,Ruben Irvin
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía. 2012
Materias:	Income inequality female employment female earnings Latin America Mexico
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spellingShingle	Income inequality female employment female earnings Latin America Mexico Campos-Vázquez,Raymundo M Hincapié,Andrés Rojas-Valdés,Ruben Irvin FAMILY INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE ROLE OF MARRIED FEMALES' EARNINGS IN MEXICO: 1988-2010
description	We study family income inequality in Mexico from 1988 to 2010, when among married couples, the share of income contributed by females grew from 13 to 23 percent. However, the correlation of married males' to married females' earnings has been fairly stable at 0.28, one of the highest correlations recorded across countries. We follow Cancian and Reed's (1999) methodology in order to determine whether married females' income equalizes total family income distribution. We investigate several counterfactuals and conclude that increased female employment has contributed to a decline in family income inequality through higher married females' labor participation in poor families.
author	Campos-Vázquez,Raymundo M Hincapié,Andrés Rojas-Valdés,Ruben Irvin
author_facet	Campos-Vázquez,Raymundo M Hincapié,Andrés Rojas-Valdés,Ruben Irvin
author_sort	Campos-Vázquez,Raymundo M
title	FAMILY INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE ROLE OF MARRIED FEMALES' EARNINGS IN MEXICO: 1988-2010
title_short	FAMILY INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE ROLE OF MARRIED FEMALES' EARNINGS IN MEXICO: 1988-2010
title_full	FAMILY INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE ROLE OF MARRIED FEMALES' EARNINGS IN MEXICO: 1988-2010
title_fullStr	FAMILY INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE ROLE OF MARRIED FEMALES' EARNINGS IN MEXICO: 1988-2010
title_full_unstemmed	FAMILY INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE ROLE OF MARRIED FEMALES' EARNINGS IN MEXICO: 1988-2010
title_sort	family income inequality and the role of married females' earnings in mexico: 1988-2010
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía.
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FAMILY INCOME INEQUALITY AND THE ROLE OF MARRIED FEMALES' EARNINGS IN MEXICO: 1988-2010

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