Inequalities within couples in Europe: Market incomes and the role of taxes and benefits

Eastern Economic Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-366

  Figari, Francesco ^a   Immervoll, Herwig ^b   Levy, Horacio ^a   Sutherland, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Europe; gender; tax benefit systems; within household inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959534922     PISSN: 00945056     EISSN: 19394632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eej.2009.48     Document Type: Article

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