Assessing the effects of wives' earnings on family income inequality

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-79

  Cancian, Maria ^a   Reed, Deborah ^a  

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EID: 0032373325     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465398557348     Document Type: Article

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