Income Inequality among Female Heads of Households

Racial Inequality Reconsidered

Bibliographic Data

ID9727597
AuthorsSourushe Zandvakili (University of Cincinnati, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume66
Issue261
Pages119-133
Publication date1999-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-0335.00159
OpenAlexW2141007086
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited7

This paper investigates the factors that might have influenced earnings inequality among female heads of households over an extended period. The study used the generalized entropy measures of inequality in short‐run as well as long‐run income for the period 1978–86. The results suggest that short‐run inequality has generally increased. These fluctuations are due partially to the existence of transitory components which distort our view. The measured long‐run inequality shows a decline in the early years because of the smoothing of the transitory components. Race in conjunction with age, education and marital status is used to investigate their effects. Race and education are shown to be the most influential factors. The mobility profiles show the existence of permanent inequality among female heads of households

Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic inequality · Economics · Income inequality metrics · Inequality · Labour economics · Marital status · Population · Race (biology) · Sociology · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Housing Market and Economics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics