Inequalities Within Couples: Market Incomesand the Role of Taxes and Benefits in Europe

In spite of there being few elements of tax or cash benefit systems in developed countriesthat are any longer explicitly gender-biased in a discriminatory sense, it is well recognisedthat they have significant gender effects. To the extent that women earn less than men onaverage under tax-benefit systems that are progressive, there is some redistribution frommen to women overall...

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Year of publication:	2007-12-01
Authors:	Figari, Francesco ; Immervoll, Herwig ; Levy, Horacio ; Sutherland, Holly
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Ungleichheit \| inequality aversion \| Geschlecht \| gender

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Extent:	151552 bytes 41 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 3201 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; H31 - Household ; Personnel administration. Human resources management. General ; Corporate taxation and accounting. General ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; EUROPE
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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