@article{57bd1ce2019d4ce6bc3228155ec5d2e9,
title = "Inequality and Wealth: Comparing the Gender Wealth Gap in Switzerland and Australia",
abstract = "Although the gender gap in incomes has been extensively researched, scant attention has been paid to the gender wealth gap. This paper compares the gender wealth gap in Australia with that of Switzerland. Using data from the 2010 Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) and the 2012 Swiss Household Panel (SHP), this study attributes the gender wealth gap to differences in permanent income and education. Furthermore, the gender wealth gap is much larger in Switzerland than in Australia. The study links this finding to the type of wealth held by individuals in these two countries. Differences in wealth accumulation among women in Switzerland and Australia are likely to be linked to the housing market and to family policies for (single) mothers.",
keywords = "asset accumulation, Australia, life-course gender imbalances, portfolio composition, Switzerland, Wealth inequality",
author = "Laura Ravazzini and Jenny Chesters",
note = "Funding Information: This contribution is based on the project ?Income and Wealth Inequality, Deprivation, and Well-Being in Switzerland, 1990?2013,? supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, grant number [100017_143320]. We conducted this study using data collected by the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), which is based at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS); the Swiss National Science Foundation finances the SHP. This paper also uses unit record data from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) initiated and funded the HILDA Project and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute) managed it. The findings and views in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either DSS or the Melbourne Institute. The gender equality grant of the University of Neuch?tel also partly funded this research. We would like to thank Ursina Kuhn, Pascale Gazareth, Jehane Simona, Katia Iglesias Rutishauser, and Christian Suter for their useful comments and advice. Funding Information: This contribution is based on the project “Income and Wealth Inequality, Deprivation, and Well-Being in Switzerland, 1990–2013,” supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, grant number [100017_143320]. We conducted this study using data collected by the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), which is based at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS); the Swiss National Science Foundation finances the SHP. This paper also uses unit record data from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) initiated and funded the HILDA Project and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute) managed it. The findings and views in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either DSS or the Melbourne Institute. The gender equality grant of the University of Neuch{\^a}tel also partly funded this research. We would like to thank Ursina Kuhn, Pascale Gazareth, Jehane Simona, Katia Iglesias Rutishauser, and Christian Suter for their useful comments and advice. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 IAFFE. Funding Information: This contribution is based on the project “Income and Wealth Inequality, Deprivation, and Well-Being in Switzerland, 1990–2013,” supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, grant number [100017_143320]. We conducted this study using data collected by the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), which is based at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS); the Swiss National Science Foundation finances the SHP. This paper also uses unit record data from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) initiated and funded the HILDA Project and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute) managed it. The findings and views in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either DSS or the Melbourne Institute. The gender equality grant of the University of Neuch{\^a}tel also partly funded this research. We would like to thank Ursina Kuhn, Pascale Gazareth, Jehane Simona, Katia Iglesias Rutishauser, and Christian Suter for their useful comments and advice. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 IAFFE.",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/13545701.2018.1458202",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
pages = "83--107",
journal = "Feminist Economics",
issn = "1354-5701",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "4",
}
