Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/192855 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 873
Publisher: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Abstract: 
In the current paper, we investigate within-couple inequality in earnings using Norwegian register data on married and cohabiting couples. We are particularly interested in assessing whether the negative relation between children and women’s relative earnings changed during the study period 2005 to 2014. In this period, work-family policy measures meant to facilitate mothers’ employment and promoting fathers’ family involvement were strengthened, and there was a sharp increase in women’s level of education. Controlling for demographic and socioeconomic variables, results showed that women on average still earn less than their male partners and that the presence of small children in the household was negatively related to women’s earnings. However, results from interaction models showed that the negative association between having young children and women’s relative earnings was reduced during the study period. Additional analyses confirmed that this latter finding was mainly due to an income reduction among new fathers.
Subjects: 
Women’s relative earnings
Parenthood
Cohabitation
Marriage
Family policy
Gender equality
JEL: 
D13
J12
J13
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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