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Family policies and single parent poverty in 18 OECD countries, 1978 - 2008
Maldonado, Laurie C.; Nieuwenhuis, Rense - 2014 - Revised Version
In this study, we examined to what extent family policies differently affect poverty among single-parent households and …, family policies reduced poverty to a greater extent among single-parent households. Paid leave more effectively facilitated … the employment of single parents, thereby reducing their poverty more than among two-parent households. Family allowances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010428798
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Family gap structures in Western nations
Posey, John (contributor) - 2008
The term "family gap" refers to differences in income between households with children and households without children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003749044
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Single parents competing in a dual-earner society : leveling the playing field
Nieuwenhuis, Rense - 2022
This study set out to understand the poverty risks of single parents in the context of the rise of the dual … to 2010. There were to main findings. The first is that single parents face higher relative income poverty risks (AROP … linked to a higher standard of living in society and therefore a higher poverty threshold that fewer single parents can reach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012887970
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Child poverty and changes in child poverty in rich countries since 1990
Chen, Wen-hao (contributor); Corak, Miles (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003117659
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Principles and practicalities for measuring child poverty in the rich countries
Corak, Miles (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003117683
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How policies affect women's economic position within the family : labor market institutions and wives' contribution to household income
Estévez-Abe, Margarita; Hethey, Tanja - 2008
's income, presence of children, and the relative educational background between the spouses). The other consists of a two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881017
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The contribution of women's employment and earnings to household income inequality : a cross-country analysis
Harkness, Susan - 2010 - rev.
Aggregate data shows an inverse relationship between female employment and income inequality. This paper investigates this relationship using micro-data for seventeen OECD countries. In all countries, female earnings exert an equalising force on the distribution of income in spite of large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008669333
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Determinants of household earnings inequality : the role of labour market trends and changing household structure
Chen, Wen-hao; Förster, Michael F.; Llena-Nozal, Ana - 2013
countries from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s. There are a number of factors at play. Some are related to labour market trends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757059
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Sources of equality and inequality: wages, jobs, households and redistribution
Kenworthy, Lane (contributor) - 2008
What are the principal sources of posttax-posttransfer inequality in affluent countries? To what extent do inequality of individual earnings, inequality of market household incomes, redistribution, and other factors influence the posttaxposttransfer income distribution? And what do the answers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003746650
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On the evolution of household income
Salinari, Giambattista (contributor);  … - 2008
We present a markovian homogeneous model that mimics the evolution of household income. With three parameters only, the model generates a set of theoretical curves that closely fit actual income distributions, as observed in 19 advanced economies in the period 1967-2004. The fit is better, and...
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