Occupational Assortative Mating and Gender Inequality in Earnings
by Supriya Lakhtakia, Deepak Malghan (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore), and Hema Swaminathan, (Asian Development Bank & Indian Institute of Management Bangalore)
The authors explore occupational assortative mating and its implications for gender inequality in earnings. Using LIS data across countries and time, they investigate how patterns of occupational similarity between partners influence both inter- and intra-household inequality, offering new insights into the global dynamics of household-level gender disparities.
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