Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 18 Issue 5/6

The Economic Emancipation of Women and the Tax System

Jürgen Backhaus

The Netherlands, Women Gives a historical perspective on theeconomic position of women and the participation of women in the labourmarket, starting with Mill and Taylor′s The…

Emancipation, Family, Economic Order and Public Finance

Gerrit Meijer

Outlines the problem of emancipation (not only of married women) asa problem of economic order, and the historical setting of family andgovernment. Discusses economics of the…

Incentives for Women to Work: A Comparison between The Netherlands, Sweden and West Germany

S.S. Gustafsson, M. Bruyn‐Hundt

Compares the way women are taxed in the Germany, Sweden and TheNetherlands by looking at both macro and micro data from the perspectiveof a wife′s contribution to family income…

A Negative Income Tax in The Netherlands? A General and Emancipatory Point of View

A.T.G. Paulus

Could an alternative system of income maintenance overcome theexisting inequitable and inefficient situation, which effectively limitswomen′s options in the labour market in The…

A Schumpeterian Approach to Emancipatory Economics

Yolanda Vansina

According to Schumpeter the main symptoms of the crisis in themodern tax state emanate from the prevailing tax structure rooted in thesocial values of the late 19th century. If we…

Tax Reform and Feminist Theory in the United States: Incorporating Human Connection

Julie A. Nelson

Argues the case for reform of US tax codes from a feministviewpoint. “The household” and “the individual”are falsely distinguished in the tradition of taxing only adult…

Tax Reform, Economic Emancipation of Women, and Public Policy Formation in The Netherlands 1980‐1992: A Public Choice Approach

Hans J.G.A. van Mierlo

Reconsiders tax reform and economic emancipation of women withrespect to public policy formation in The Netherlands. In particular,investigates the attempts of organised interest…