The distribution of personal income in a society depends strongly on the within-household distribution of income. Nevertheless, little is known about this phenomenon. I analyze the sharing of income among household partners from a welfare economic perspective. Measures of financial satisfaction for both household partners are used to gain information about the within-household distribution of income-induced ...
Standard household economics assumes that couples pool their incomes and share the sum equally, which is a necessary prerequisite for computing equivalent incomes and hence all statements about the distribution of personal incomes and income poverty. However, since cohabitation without marriage is on the rise and since income pooling is less frequent among cohabiting couples, income is also pooled ...
Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird untersucht, in welchem Ausmaß die gesetzlichen Regelungen zu Familienzeiten auf die Dauer von Erwerbsunterbrechungen nach Geburt eines Kindes bzw. auf den Zeitpunkt des Wiedereinstiegs von Müttern in den Erwerb wirken. Im Anschluss an diese Einführung ist dieses Kapitel wie folgt aufgebaut: Zunächst wird in Abschnitt 4.2 ein kurzer Überblick über die Entwicklung der im ...