LIFE CYCLE INCOME OF WOMEN AND MEN IN POLAND

• Authors: Barbara Liberda , Marek Pęczkowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We examine the contribution of married and cohabited women and men to the joint income of the couple. We use individual income data from Household Budget Surveys for Poland in 2011 from a sample of 16,538 married and cohabited couples. The results of analysis show that contribution of men to total household income is higher than contribution of their female partners through the life cycle, controlling for type of a couple, education levels of genders and number of children. The contribution of married and cohabited women to total income of the couple remains almost flat during the life cycle.

Keywords

EN

gender; income; life cycle; married; cohabited; couple; Poland

• Publisher: Katedra Ekonometrii i Statystyki, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 76-91

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Barbara Liberda

• University of Warsaw

author

Marek Pęczkowski

• University of Warsaw

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