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Family Inequality

by Philip N. Cohen

Tag: income

Inequality heatmaps: marriage and working from home

October 19, 2021Categories Me @ workLeave a Comment on Inequality heatmaps: marriage and working from home

Heatmaps showing different kinds of inequality, with code.

Wives’ share of couple income update

December 10, 2018Categories Me @ work2 Comments on Wives’ share of couple income update

26% of wives earn more than their husbands.

On Asian-American earnings

July 3, 2016Categories In the news4 Comments on On Asian-American earnings

The category is usually not useful for economic statistics, and should usually be dropped for data on specific groups when possible.

Why male and female ‘breadwinners’ aren’t equivalent (in one chart)

May 31, 2016Categories Uncategorized10 Comments on Why male and female ‘breadwinners’ aren’t equivalent (in one chart)

Making $.01 more than your spouse doesn't make you a 1950s breadwinner, or the "primary earner" of the family.

Turns out marriage and income inequality go pretty well together

October 30, 2014November 3, 2014Categories Research reports25 Comments on Turns out marriage and income inequality go pretty well together

Married-couple families are doing pretty well at increased income inequality all by themselves.

Global inequality, within and between countries

May 23, 2014July 31, 2017Categories Uncategorized6 Comments on Global inequality, within and between countries

If every country were a household, the world would be almost as unequal as Nigeria.

The War on Poverty at 50: Swimming against the tide

January 6, 2014Categories In the news, Me @ work8 Comments on The War on Poverty at 50: Swimming against the tide

Growing inequality and changes in family structure make the job of reducing poverty more difficult, and more important.

Race, class, and gender in one chart (just kidding)

November 30, 2013October 13, 2014Categories In the news4 Comments on Race, class, and gender in one chart (just kidding)

Within education groups, more by gender than by race.

Gender Gap Statistic Gets it from All Sides

November 8, 2013November 9, 2013Categories Uncategorized15 Comments on Gender Gap Statistic Gets it from All Sides

This hard-working statistic is as often abused and attacked by antifeminists as it is misused and misunderstood by those sympathetic to feminism. But it is good for one thing: information.

More married mothers earn more than their husbands

May 29, 2013December 10, 2018Categories In the news, Me @ work12 Comments on More married mothers earn more than their husbands

More primary-breadwinning (not the same as breadwinning).

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Philip N. Cohen

I’m a sociologist at the University of Maryland, College Park. See my website at philipncohen.com for more information.

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