From Housewives to Independent Earners
How the Tax System Can Help Women to Work in a Context of Strong Familialism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2115645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francesco Figari (0000-0003-0735-1076, University of Essex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-82 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279414000555 |
| OpenAlex | W2084815430 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 41 |
The Southern European countries share a similar welfare system which does not perform well either in terms of equity or efficiency. Using EUROMOD, the EU-wide microsimulation model, this paper evaluates the enhancement of both the redistributive and the incentive effects of the Italian tax-benefit system by introducing either a family-based or an individual in-work benefit, financed through the abolition of the existing tax credit targeted at dependent adults. The results show an increase in the labour supply of women both in couples and lone mothers, in particular among the poorest, with important redistributive effects. The in-work benefits can contribute to the de-familialisation of the Mediterranean welfare states by reducing the reliance on the family and compensating the cost of services
Context (archaeology) · Economics · Equity (law) · Incentive · Labour economics · Labour supply · Market economy · Microeconomics · Microsimulation · Political science · Public economics · Redistribution (election) · Tax credit · Welfare · Work (physics) · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Euromod
Optimal Income Transfer Programs
Equality and Efficiency
The South European Countries
The Family in the Mediterranean Welfare States
Progress for the Poor
Microsimulation as a tool for evaluating redistribution policies
The 'Southern Model' of Welfare in Social Europe
Can in-work benefits improve social inclusion in the southern European countries
The southern European social model
Making work pay” in a rationed labor market
Do more equal slices shrink the cake? An empirical investigation of tax-transfer reform proposals in Italy
Total work and gender
Social and Family Policies in Italy
Mending Nets in the South
Welfare Reform in European Countries
Combating In-Work Poverty in Continental Europe
Globalization and the Reform of European Social Models
Gender in the Welfare State
The Discriminatory System of Personal Taxation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |