Income Tax Policies and the Labor Supply of Female Secondary Income Earners

Chuen-Mei Fan

Public Finance = Finances publiques, 1988, vol. 43, issue 1, 67-78

Abstract: A theoretical treatment of husband and wife as independent decisionmakers in family labor supply is presented. The model emphasizes the income-sharing characteristic between husband and wife, but allows differences in marginal utility of income for the couple. Under reasonable conditions, a woman will respond to tax-induced changes in wage rate more vigorously in her labor supply decisions. The results support an income tax system with differential marginal tax rates for the primary and the secondary income earners in the family.

Date: 1988
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