Earnings inequality, labour supply and schooling in husband-wife families

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-124

  Pencavel, John ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings inequality; Hours of work; Married women's employment

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; MARKET CONDITIONS; PANEL DATA; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 34147164396     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: 14678586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-3378.2007.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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