Gender Norms and Income Misreporting within Households
Gender Norms and Income Misreporting within Households
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家庭内的性别规范和收入误报
DOI：
10.2139/ssrn.3527342
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发表时间：
2019
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通讯作者：
Anja Roth
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作者：
Michaela Slotwinski;Anja Roth
我们发现，被调查的女性收入份额分布的不连续性主要是由调查中的规范导致的错误报告造成的。我们利用了独特的瑞士数据，结合了对同一个人及其伴侣的调查和管理信息。我们证明，个人在调查中虚报收入是为了遵守男性养家糊口的规范。然而，男性养家糊口的标准并不影响围绕这一边际的实际劳动力市场决定。由此产生的调查偏差导致对性别工资差距等政策相关指标的严重高估。
We show that the discontinuity in the distribution of surveyed female income shares at the margin where a woman would outearn her partner is primarily driven by norm induced misreporting in surveys. We draw on unique Swiss data combining survey and administrative information for the same individual and their partner. We demonstrate that individuals misreport incomes in surveys to comply with the male breadwinner norm. The male breadwinner norm does, however, not affect real labor market decisions around this margin. The resulting survey bias leads to a considerable overestimation of policy relevant measures like the gender wage gap.