How much did working wives contribute to changes in income inequality between couples in the UK?

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-78

  Borooah, Vani ^a   McKee, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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