More part-time with fewer hours

“Employed married women worked around 1,100 hours per year in 2016. In 1984, wives worked an average of nearly 1,400 hours per year. Since then, part-time jobs have become much more common, leading to a decrease in the number of hours worked. In 1984, four out of ten wives worked full-time, while in 2016, it was only about every fourth wife: from Süddeutsche Zeitung https://lnkd.in/db4zjKC.

“An abolition of the existing joint taxation system for married couples would not only be desirable for the sake of equality, to involve women more in the labor market, but it would also be beneficial for economic growth,” says economist Prof. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln. “Our tax system discriminates against married women and keeps them away from the labor market.” And this at a time when they are needed more than ever.”