Nieuwenhuis, Rense; Need, Ariana; Kolk, Henk van der - 2013
In this paper we show that women's earnings attenuate inequality between coupled households, even though the earnings … households, covering the period from 1981 to 2005 in 18 OECD countries. Three trends are described. Firstly, over time women … positive correlation between spouses' earnings increased over time. Thirdly, earnings inequality among women declined. With a …