Evaluating the pin money hypothesis: the relationship between women's labour market activity,family income and poverty in Britain |
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| Authors: | Harkness S Machin S Waldfogel J |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK (Fax: (0)171-955-7595. e-mail: s.harkness@lse.ac.uk), GB;(2) Department of Economics, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK (Fax: (0)171-916-2773. e-mail: s.machin@ucl.ac.uk), GB;(3) School of Social Work, Columbia University, 622 W. 113th Street, New York, NY 10025, USA (Fax: 212-854-2975. e-mail: jw205@columbia.edu), US |
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| Abstract: | In this paper we evaluate the hypothesis that the over-representation of women amongst the low paid is of little importance because women‘s earnings account for only a small proportion of total family income. Data from the General Household Survey (GHS), together with attitudinal evidence from three cross-sectional data sources, indicate that women‘s earnings are in fact an important and growing component of family income. The majority of the growth in the share of women‘s earnings occurs as a result of changing family labour structures; women‘s earnings are playing an increasingly important role in keeping their families out of poverty. JEL classification: J16; J31. Received April 9, 1996/Accepted August 22, 1996 |
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| Keywords: | : Women‘ s earnings poverty family income |
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