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The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective

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The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective

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This review critically evaluates Alessandro Balestrino’s The Economics of Family Taxation: Optimal Tax Issues from a Household Economics Perspective (2023). The work transcends the classical optimal tax theory’s individual-based framework by placing household-level decision-making processes at the center, thereby offering a significant innovation to the literature. The author incorporates elements such as household production, non-cooperative spousal interactions, and choice-based fertility decisions into the model, providing a more comprehensive picture of how tax policies operate in real life. One of the book’s most notable contributions is its integrative framework for the otherwise fragmented literature on family taxation. In particular, it demonstrates that the Atkinson–Stiglitz (1976) theorem loses validity in the context of household production and argues that there is no optimal justification for subsidizing childbearing through the tax system—findings that raise politically sensitive questions. Furthermore, the book emphasizes that public spending should be viewed not only as an instrument for redistributing income but also as a mechanism for promoting gender equality and expanding the tax base. Nevertheless, since the analysis relies heavily on theoretical modeling, the limited empirical comparisons leave the policy implications open to debate. The absence of comparative analyses on how family taxation plays out across different welfare regimes is particularly striking. Overall, the book represents an innovative and interdisciplinary contribution to the literature on family taxation, bridging public finance, household economics, and social policy, while offering a strong methodological foundation for future academic work.

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Yayımlanma Tarihi

26 Haziran 2026

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23 Eylül 2025

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25 Haziran 2026

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Yıl 2026 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 2

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APA
Çimen, G., & Yavan, S. (2026). The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective. Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.48146/odusobiad.1789409
AMA
1.Çimen G, Yavan S. The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective. ODÜSOBİAD. 2026;16(2). doi:10.48146/odusobiad.1789409
Chicago
Çimen, Gamze, ve Sercan Yavan. 2026. “The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective”. Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 16 (2). https://doi.org/10.48146/odusobiad.1789409.
EndNote
Çimen G, Yavan S (01 Haziran 2026) The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective. Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 16 2
IEEE
[1]G. Çimen ve S. Yavan, “The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective”, ODÜSOBİAD, c. 16, sy 2, Haz. 2026, doi: 10.48146/odusobiad.1789409.
ISNAD
Çimen, Gamze - Yavan, Sercan. “The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective”. Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi 16/2 (01 Haziran 2026). https://doi.org/10.48146/odusobiad.1789409.
JAMA
1.Çimen G, Yavan S. The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective. ODÜSOBİAD. 2026;16. doi:10.48146/odusobiad.1789409.
MLA
Çimen, Gamze, ve Sercan Yavan. “The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective”. Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, c. 16, sy 2, Haziran 2026, doi:10.48146/odusobiad.1789409.
Vancouver
1.Gamze Çimen, Sercan Yavan. The economics of family taxation: Optimal tax issues from a household economics perspective. ODÜSOBİAD. 01 Haziran 2026;16(2). doi:10.48146/odusobiad.1789409

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