Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of Portugal
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Resumo: | Abstract. On looking at the female labour supply in Europe, it is immediately noticed that there is a large variation among countries. One possible explanation for this fact is that different countries have different tax policies, leading to variations in incentive and costs. This has been investigated in papers such as that of Gustafsson (1992a,b) for countries such as Germany and Sweden. The same exercise has been performed by the present authors for a low-income, southern European country, Portugal, which has one of the highest rates of female participation (out of line with neighbouring countries). Female labour supply does not seem to be very sensitive to fiscal policies, as those policies have only a small influence on the take-home wage. This result appears to be independent of the fact that the female labour supply shows a higher elasticity to wages than that which has been reported for other countries. The present authors also show that Portuguese women contribute a much larger proportion of family earnings than do their counterparts in Sweden and Germany, and that the Portuguese fiscal system is rather neutral. Further studies with data from other countries are needed in order to shed more light on the issue of tax harmonization. |
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Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of PortugalLabour forceWomenTaxesPortugal.Faculdade de Ciências SociaisAbstract. On looking at the female labour supply in Europe, it is immediately noticed that there is a large variation among countries. One possible explanation for this fact is that different countries have different tax policies, leading to variations in incentive and costs. This has been investigated in papers such as that of Gustafsson (1992a,b) for countries such as Germany and Sweden. The same exercise has been performed by the present authors for a low-income, southern European country, Portugal, which has one of the highest rates of female participation (out of line with neighbouring countries). Female labour supply does not seem to be very sensitive to fiscal policies, as those policies have only a small influence on the take-home wage. This result appears to be independent of the fact that the female labour supply shows a higher elasticity to wages than that which has been reported for other countries. The present authors also show that Portuguese women contribute a much larger proportion of family earnings than do their counterparts in Sweden and Germany, and that the Portuguese fiscal system is rather neutral. Further studies with data from other countries are needed in order to shed more light on the issue of tax harmonization.Fondazione Giacomo BrodoliniDigitUMaMarques, Ana Cristina LinoPereira, Pedro Telhado2021-12-10T14:14:55Z1999-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/3904engMarques, A. C. L., & Pereira, P. T. (1999). Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of Portugal. Labour, 13(4), 797-819. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9914.0011610.1111/1467-9914.00116info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-09-05T12:57:01Zoai:digituma.uma.pt:10400.13/3904Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:07:28.641771Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of Portugal |
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Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of Portugal |
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Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of Portugal Marques, Ana Cristina Lino Labour force Women Taxes Portugal . Faculdade de Ciências Sociais |
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Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of Portugal |
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Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of Portugal |
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Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of Portugal |
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Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of Portugal |
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Taxes and women in the labour force in a Southern European country: the case of Portugal |
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Marques, Ana Cristina Lino |
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Marques, Ana Cristina Lino Pereira, Pedro Telhado |
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Pereira, Pedro Telhado |
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Marques, Ana Cristina Lino Pereira, Pedro Telhado |
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Labour force Women Taxes Portugal . Faculdade de Ciências Sociais |
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Labour force Women Taxes Portugal . Faculdade de Ciências Sociais |
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Abstract. On looking at the female labour supply in Europe, it is immediately noticed that there is a large variation among countries. One possible explanation for this fact is that different countries have different tax policies, leading to variations in incentive and costs. This has been investigated in papers such as that of Gustafsson (1992a,b) for countries such as Germany and Sweden. The same exercise has been performed by the present authors for a low-income, southern European country, Portugal, which has one of the highest rates of female participation (out of line with neighbouring countries). Female labour supply does not seem to be very sensitive to fiscal policies, as those policies have only a small influence on the take-home wage. This result appears to be independent of the fact that the female labour supply shows a higher elasticity to wages than that which has been reported for other countries. The present authors also show that Portuguese women contribute a much larger proportion of family earnings than do their counterparts in Sweden and Germany, and that the Portuguese fiscal system is rather neutral. Further studies with data from other countries are needed in order to shed more light on the issue of tax harmonization. |
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