The Effects of Japanese Income Tax Provisions on Women’s Labour Force Participation

Aiko Shibatal
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Aiko Shibatal: Tezukayama University

Chapter 9 in Women’s Work in the World Economy, 1992, pp 169-179 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract At a session of the Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance in Istanbul in the summer of 1988, a gentleman from a small oil-producing country in the Middle East asked me: ‘Was there any effective governmental means of keeping wives at home?’ I was taken by surprise and didn’t know how to respond. However, I later realised that Japanese tax laws implicitly do just that. Designed to give a tax break to married taxpayers, they discourage housewives from taking jobs. Further, many private companies have adopted wage structures that also discourage housewives from working out-side their homes.

Keywords: Marginal Contribution; High Income Group; Wage Earner; Labour Participation Rate; Spouse Earning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-13188-4_9

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