Work status choice and the distribution of family earnings

Nadeem Ul Haque

Expert InsightsPublished 1984

This paper analyzes the effects on family incomes in Pakistan of (1) whether the family head is employed in the "formal" labor force or is self-employed, and (2) whether the family is nuclear or extended. The paper estimates the rates of return to education; considers family earnings variations across employment-status choice; treats the question of multiple-earner households; and examines the relationships among family wealth, family structure, and the probability of finding a secondary earner in a household. Among the main findings are the following: families where the head is employed reveal more widely dispersed earnings than families where the head is self-employed; choice of family structure is based on economic considerations; and poorer households are more likely to release secondary earners into the labor market.

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Haque, Nadeem Ul, Work status choice and the distribution of family earnings. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1984. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7037.html.
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