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Reproducing occupational inequality: Marriage, parenthood and the gender divide in occupations

Hook, Jennifer L.; Pettit, Becky - 2008

It is well established that class and gender predict occupational placement across advanced industrialized countries. In exploratory analyses the authors document a third dimension to occupational segregation associated with family responsibilities, and consider explanations for cross- national...

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How Much does Work Matter for Inequality? Time, Money and Inequality in International Perspective

Osberg, Lars - 2002

.e. by differing probabilities of any employment? Across OECD countries there are large differences in the average level and … employment. The participation level is particularly important for inequality differences and there is persuasive evidence that … country attitudes to paid employment, particularly for women, differ significantly. This paper uses Luxembourg Income Study …

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Income inequality over the later-life course: A comparative analysis of seven OECD countries

Brown, Robert L.; Prus, Steven G. - 2006

This paper examines income inequality over stages of the later-life course (age 45 and older) and systems that can be used to mitigate this inequality. Two hypotheses are tested: Levels of income inequality decline during old age because public benefits are more equally distributed than work...

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Inequality, public opinion, and redistribution

Kenworthy, Lane; McCall, Leslie - 2007

According to the 'median-voter' hypothesis, greater inequality in the market distribution of earnings or income tends to produce greater generosity in redistributive policy. We outline the steps in the causal chain specified by the hypothesis and attempt to assess these steps empirically. Prior...

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Policy effects on class-gender employment intersections

Cooke, Lynn Prince - 2009

This project explored how the sociopolitical context maps current class-gender intersections in relative employment … employment equality becomes a moving target. …

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What is behind native-immigrant social income gaps?

Anastossova, Lubomira; Paligorova, Teodora - 2006

The recent EU expansion raised fears of potential migration motivated by welfare receipt. In this paper we use comparable data from five countries - Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Norway and the U.S. - to ask whether immigrants benefit more from social support than natives. Looking at the European...

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Real standards of living and public support for children: A cross-national comparison

Smeeding, Timothy - 2002

Most cross-country comparisons of living standards focus on real Purchasing Power Parities (PPP) adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per person. These measures provide no variance in living standards within the nation, nor do they account for the amount of real incomes that families actually...

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Female income differentials and social benefits: A four country comparison

Sierminska, Eva - 2004

inequality in wages and employment. This study examines family gaps in the economic well-being of households, and analyzes the …

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Women's part-time wage penalties across countries

Bardasi, Elena; Gornick, Janet C. - 2007

This paper investigates wage gaps between part- and full-time women workers in six OECD countries in the mid-1990s. Using comparable micro-data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), for Canada, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the UK, and the US, the paper first assesses crossnational variation in the...

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Social transfers and income inequality in old-age: A multi-national perspective?

Brown, Robert L.; Prus, Steven G. - 2003

This paper examines variation in old-age income inequality between industrialized nations with modern welfare systems. The analysis of income inequality across countries with different retirement income systems provides a perspective on public pension policy choices and designs and their...

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