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- Title
Wives who outearn their husbands: a transitory or persistent phenomenon for couples?
- Authors
Winkler, Anne E; McBride, Timothy D; Andrews, Courtney
- Abstract
In what percentage of married couples do wives outearn their husbands, and, moreover, how persistent are these patterns? This study systematically examined variation in point-in-time estimates across alternative measures of earnings, definitions of types of couples, and data sources and gauged the persistence of these patterns for a period of three calendar years using data from the 2000 Current Population Survey and the 1996-2000 Survey of Income and Program Participation. Among the findings are that in 19% to 30% of all married couples, wives have higher earnings than their husbands. In 60% of such couples, this arrangement persists over the three-year period; for the rest, this arrangement is transitory.
- Publication
Demography, 2005, Vol 42, Issue 3, p523
- ISSN
0070-3370
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1353/dem.2005.0028