Sexism and taxation
The current tax system is sexist.
According to this paper by Alberto Alesina and Andrea Ichino women should be taxed at a lower rate than men because the women’s labor supply is more elastic than men’s labor supply. For those of you who aren’t econo-nerds that means when wages increase by x amount women will supply more extra labor than men will, and when wages decrease by x amount women will decrease the amount of labor that they supply by more than men will.
Politically it isn’t going to happen. Economically it makes sense.
According to this paper by Alberto Alesina and Andrea Ichino women should be taxed at a lower rate than men because the women’s labor supply is more elastic than men’s labor supply. For those of you who aren’t econo-nerds that means when wages increase by x amount women will supply more extra labor than men will, and when wages decrease by x amount women will decrease the amount of labor that they supply by more than men will.
Politically it isn’t going to happen. Economically it makes sense.