The Gender Gap in Financial Security: What We Know and Don't Know about Australian Households

The Gender Gap in Financial Security: What We Know and Don't Know about Australian Households

This study investigates the gender wealth gap in Australia by examiningdifferences in the net worth of households headed by single women andmen, using data from the 2006 Household, Income and Labour Dynamicsin Australia (HILDA) Survey. It demonstrates that the gender wealth gap isconcentrated in par...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Austen, Siobhan, Jefferson, Therese, Ong, Rachel
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2014
Subjects:
assets
financial security
wealth
Gender analysis
portfolio composition
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49530

Internet

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49530

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