Tax and other fiscal policy systems inevitably affect patterns of work, marriage, household formation, child-bearing, and more. These 'micro-level' concerns are important subjects for 'fiscal sociology' to consider from a multidisciplinary perspective. This essay looks at some gendered aspects...

A large telephone survey conducted after the attacks of September 11 suggests that the willingness to tolerate discrimination varies significantly across domains, with a very high tolerance of discrimination against poorly educated immigrants and a strikingly low tolerance of discrimination...

Current tax reform proposals for fighting gender discrimination misguidedly focus on who wins and who loses, suggesting that government simply tax equal-income couples equally or tax single and married individuals at the same rates. This Article provides a fresh perspective by looking at how tax...

It is well known that there is a gender gap in American politics: that men and women in the aggregate vote differently for presidential candidates, for example. The precise determinants of the gap are less well known. Using existing data, mainly 1996 general election exit polls, this article...