Reconsiders tax reform and economic emancipation of women with respect to public policy formation in The Netherlands. In particular, investigates the attempts of organised interest groups of the Dutch women's liberation movement during the 1980s to influence the public policy process on tax...

Could an alternative system of income maintenance overcome the existing inequitable and inefficient situation, which effectively limits women's options in the labour market in The Netherlands? This question is approached by describing an alternative system of income maintenance in the form of a...

Provides a framework for analysing the financing of state pensions with a wide range of policy options. Special attention is given, however, to two special cases: the first involves a means-tested pension similar to the Australian scheme, while the second is similar to the basic pension (the...

Examines, using a simple model, the choice of appropriate contributions of taxes and fees used to finance higher education. A two-period model is developed in which individuals in cohort invest in higher education in the first period, and the interdependences between educational choice and the...

Argues the case for reform of US tax codes from a feminist viewpoint. “The household” and “the individual” are falsely distinguished in the tradition of taxing only adult male breadwinners -women being engulfed in “the household”. Describes recent analysis of human identity in terms...

According to Schumpeter the main symptoms of the crisis in the modern tax state emanate from the prevailing tax structure rooted in the social values of the late 19th century. If we want the tax system to remain a successful instrument of public policy, we need to reform it so that it creates...

The Netherlands, Women Gives a historical perspective on the economic position of women and the participation of women in the labour market, starting with Mill and Taylor's The Subjection of Women. Reviews the current position, particularly in The Netherlands. Briefly summarises other papers...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the growth effects of human capital investment achieved through publicly-provided, compulsory education, financed from income and consumption taxes. Design/methodology/approach – Constructs an endogenous growth model for developing countries, based on...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to call the attention of public entities for the econometric frontier models which allows benchmarking the tax offices accurately. In the context of the European Maastricht, the European countries face public receipts shortage and to focus in the management...