Taxes, female labour supply and household income: Differences between the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany

Applied Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 735-744

  Vlasblom, Jan Dirk ^a   De Gijsel, Peter ^a,b   Siegers, Jacques ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOR SUPPLY; TAX SYSTEM;

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0035003897     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840121832     Document Type: Article

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