Tradeoff between Gender and Class Equality

An Analysis of Tax Policy in Japan

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ID12425969
AuthorsMiki Toyofuku (0000-0001-7176-6204, Ochanomizu University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume31
Issue2
Pages376-403
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sp/jxad036
OpenAlexW4391292765
LanguageEN
References cited36

Although conservative parties in developed countries are becoming more positive about women’s labor force participation, serious economic gender gaps persist in some conservative welfare regimes. By focusing on Japan as a most-likely case, this article reexamines the view that emphasizes conservative parties’ preference for traditional gender roles as a key factor contributing to policies that negatively affect gender equality. Analyses using text data from parliamentary statements reveal that parties’ preference for class equality, held by both conservative and leftist parties, contributes to a tax policy that suppresses women’s labor force participation. The findings illuminate a tradeoff between class and gender equality and provide implications for how conservative welfare regimes can achieve higher levels of economic gender equality

Affect (linguistics · Class (philosophy · Demographic economics · Economics · Gender equality · Labour economics · Market economy · Microeconomics · Political science · Preference · Sociology · Welfare · Gender Politics and Representation · Labor Movements and Unions · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Gender Studies

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