The impact of wives' earnings on earnings inequality among married-couple households in Malaysia

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-70

  Amin, Shahina ^a   DaVanzo, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Household earnings inequality; Income inequality; Malaysia; Women in development; Women's employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542288851     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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