Over the last decade a number of countries, notably the USA, theUK and Australia, have introduced new tax and welfare programs,or expanded existing programs, that have the effect of raising taxrates on the income of the second earner in the family. Examplesinclude the earned income tax credit...

Strategies for work life reform amongs informal sector workers in developing countries are currently dominated by resource-based approaches such as the micro-credit movement. This policy framework is predicated upon certain liberal assumptions about individual human action and the relationship...