Taxation, Work and Gender Equality in Ireland

Doorley, Karina

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3177369

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“…The pace of this convergence accelerated appreciably over the 2000s, coinciding with the introduction of the minimum wage and partial individualisation of the income tax system. Previous research has suggested that both policies could play a role in advancing gender equality (e.g., Bargain et al 2018;Doorley 2018), and the pattern of results we document are consistent with such an effect on gender gaps in earnings and wages. Future research exploiting longitudinal data could aim to shed light on the magnitude of such effects and the mechanisms underlying them.…”

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“…Previous research suggests that this closed the GWG at the bottom of the wage distribution (Bargain et al 2018). The introduction of the minimum wage also coincided with a partial reform to Ireland's jointly assessed system of income taxation, which Doorley (2018) finds led to increases in labour-force participation among married women. Research suggests such increases in participation may have knock-on effects on the GWG, further up the distribution, by improving the incentives to invest in human capital and accumulate experience.…”

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How Has the Gender Earnings Gap in Ireland Changed in Thirty Years?

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Since 1987, the wages of women in Ireland have been growing faster than those of men. This, coupled with a decrease in the average hours worked by men, has resulted in a reduction in the gender earnings gap in Ireland, most notably at the bottom of the earnings distribution. This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the growth of male and female wages, weekly earnings, and differences in working patterns across the wage and earnings distribution in Ireland over the last three decades, using detailed microdata covering the period 1987–2019. Using a Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition approach, based on unconditional quantile regressions for each time period, we also show how the explained and unexplained components of the gender wage gap have changed across the wage distribution. We find that the mean and median gender gap in earnings fell by one-sixth and one-quarter, respectively, between 1987 and 2019. This change is attributable to the faster growth of women’s wages compared to men’s and some convergence in the average hours worked by men and women. However, there has been relatively stable structural inequality at the top of the wage and earnings distribution over the past three decades, which points towards a persistent glass ceiling in Ireland.

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“…This would require very significant investments in childcare supports, adult care supports, education, training, pre-employment and job supports for those that are currently excluded (Byrne & Murphy, 2017;Kelly & Maître, 2021;Millar & Crosse 2016). 45 Other reforms to stimulate greater participation include changes to the income taxation system, which is currently part-individual and part-joint (Doorley, 2018), and more generous taper rates of welfare payments (Bargain & Doorley, 2017). Employer policies are also crucial in widening access to currently disadvantaged groups, such as flexible working arrangements, reasonable accommodations, formalised recruitment practices, etc.…”

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Headline Poverty Target Reduction in Ireland and the Role of Work and Social Welfare

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“…This provided a disincentive for the secondary earner in a couple, who was usually female, to work. Reforms to this system were strongly opposed, and the current system is now a hybrid, partially individualised one, which retains some of the same disincentives (Doorley 2017).…”

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The Gender Gap in Income and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland

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The gender income gap is large and well documented in many countries. Recent research shows that it is mainly driven by differences in working patterns between men and women but also by wage differences. The tax–benefit system cushions the gender income gap by redistributing it between men and women. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented levels of unemployment in 2020 in many countries, with some suggestions that men and women have been differently affected. This research investigated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the gender gap in income in Ireland. By using nowcasting techniques and microsimulation, we modeled the effect of pandemic-induced employment and wage changes on the market and disposable income. We showed how the pandemic and the associated tax–benefit support could be expected to change the income gap between men and women. Policy conclusions were drawn about future redistribution between men and women.

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Taxation, Work and Gender Equality in Ireland

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

How Has the Gender Earnings Gap in Ireland Changed in Thirty Years?

How Has the Gender Earnings Gap in Ireland Changed in Thirty Years?

Headline Poverty Target Reduction in Ireland and the Role of Work and Social Welfare

The Gender Gap in Income and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland

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