Marital Status and the Ethics of Tax Evasion

Robert McGee

Chapter Chapter 31 in The Ethics of Tax Evasion, 2012, pp 475-484 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Marital status is another variable that has an influence on ethical beliefs and attitude toward paying taxes. The World Values surveys collected data on this variable. It was thought that marital status might have some effect on attitudes toward tax evasion but the effect it has is unclear. One might assume a priori that married people are more responsible than single people and thus would be more averse to tax evasion. On the other hand, married people might have more expenses than younger people and might have less ability to pay taxes, which could have just the opposite effect on their opinion on the issue of tax evasion. Thus, it is necessary to test the a priori assumptions. The results are reported below.

Keywords: Young People; Marital Status; Opposite Effect; Public Economic; Legal History (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1287-8_31

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