We examine causes and consequences of relative income within households. We establish that gender identity – in … production. The distribution of the share of household income earned by the wife exhibits a sharp cliff at 0.5, which suggests … with their marriage and are more likely to divorce. Finally, based on time use surveys, the gender gap in non-market work …

the most basic economic concepts needed to make saving and investment decisions. This gender gap in financial literacy may … determinants of the gender gap in financial literacy. Using data from the RAND American Life Panel, the authors examined potential … explanations for the gender gap including the role of marriage and division of financial decision-making among couples. They found …

measures like the gender wage gap …

reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in … current intra-household gender-disparities in getting medical care at least for life threatening illnesses …

distribution of households according to the share of income earned by the wife, which they attribute to the existence of a gender …

measures like the gender wage gap …

This paper adopts a novel approach to examine the roles of gender difference and intra-household economic power in … households. We then use this measure along with gender identity and other factors to explain signing order in different-gender … couples. Our results suggest that, while pure economic power explains much of the observed signing order, gender difference …

This paper applies the German Socio-Economic Panel to analyse the effect of within household in-come comparison on …. The paper adds to within household interdepen-dence of subjective well-being and indicates negative consequences of couple …

Bertrand et al. (2015) show that among married couples in the US, the distribution of the share of the household income … gender equal countries. Analyzing Swedish population register data, we do not find support for the norm that a man should …

activities with their child, change differentially by child gender following a transition from a two-parent to single …-mother household. Boys experience larger investment reductions following the change in household structure, which may help facilitate … previously documented gender gaps in non-cognitive skills for those in single-mother households. Boys lose an estimated …