THE EFFECT OF WORKING WIVES ON THE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY

Authors
CATTAN P
Citation
P. Cattan, THE EFFECT OF WORKING WIVES ON THE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, Monthly labor review, 121(3), 1998, pp. 22-29
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Industrial Relations & Labor
Journal title
Monthly labor review → ACNP
ISSN journal
00981818
Volume
121
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
22 - 29
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-1818(1998)121:3<22:TEOWWO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Earnings of working wives markedly lowered the incidence of poverty fo r all ethnic and race groups; poverty rates for Mexican immigrant and Cuban families dropped by hefty 25- and 20-percentage points, respecti vely, as a result of wives' earnings.