It’s a Man’s World: Revealing and Addressing Hidden Gender Bias in Tax Law and Policy
Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18, 2024
Skadden Conference Room 11-AB
1440 New York Ave. NW, Washington DC
Papers – DRAFTS FOR SPEAKERS’ REVIEW ONLY
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Academic Roundtable Presenters:
The Price of Inequality: The Impact of U.S. Tax Policy on Gender Economic Disparities Paper: The Price of Inequality: The Impact of U.S. Tax Policy on Gender Economic Disparities Ashley R. Hilliard (Assistant Professor of Legal Writing, North Carolina Central University) Unattached and Taxed Paper: Unattached and Taxed: Minimizing the Singles Tax and Food Waste in America Diane Kemker (Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University and LMU) Exploring the Co-Constitutive Nature of Gender and Disability Through the Hidden Sexism and Ableism in the Medical Expense Deduction Paper: Changing the Rules: What Two Tax Code Changes Show About Hidden Sexism/Ableism In The Code Lauren Shores Pelikan (Associate Teaching Professor, University of Missouri) Tax Reform to Solve the Childcare Crisis in Two Parts: Affordability and Availability Paper: Tax Reform to Solve The Childcare Crisis in Two Parts: Affordability and Availability |
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Panel I: Marriage, Inequality, and the Tax Code Presenters:
Race, Marriage, and the EITC in the Post-Pandemic Age Paper: Race, Marriage, and the Earned Income Tax Credit Leslie Book (Villanova University), Ann Kayis-Kumar (University of New South Wales, Australia) and Christine Speidel (Villanova University) Squeezing Blood From Stones Paper: Building A Trauma Informed Tax System To Protect The Most Vulnerable Article: Squeezing blood from stones? A comparative analysis of tax relief for victim-survivors in Australia and the United States Anthony C. Infanti (University of Pittsburgh, American Tax Policy Institute) Ten Years After Windsor: The Tax Inequalities of Marriage Equality Paper: Ten Years After Windsor: The Tax Inequalities of Marriage Equality (updated 10-6-2024) |
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Panel II: Bodies, Voices, and Choices: Our (Tax) Selves Presenters:
Overlooked & Undervalued: An Investigation of Women’s Engagement in Congressional Tax Hearings Slidedeck: Overlooked & Undervalued: An Investigation of Women’s Engagement in Congressional Tax Hearings Tessa Davis (University of South Carolina) Imagining the Body in Tax Paper: Is There A Gendered Body in Tax? Daniel N. Shaviro (New York University) Singles, Couples, and Secondary Earner Deductions Paper: Couples Neutrality, Marriage Neutrality, and Two-Earner Deductions |
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Panel III: Tax and Gendered Care Work Presenters:
Custody, Co-Parenting, Cohabiting: Refundable Tax Credit Design Challenges Nyamagaga Gondwe (University of Wisconsin) Women in the Household: Unpacking the “Imputed Income” Account of Domestic Labor Paper: Tax System Complicity in Feminized Poverty |
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Panel IV: Unintended Consequences, Unexpected Tools: Dismantling Structural Inequalities in the Tax System Presenters:
The State and Local Tax Deduction Cap and its (Unintended?) Sexist Consequences Paper: Gender Discrimination in Retirement Plan Distributions Richard L. Kaplan (University of Illinois) Gender Discrimination in Retirement Plan Distributions Paper: Gender Discrimination in Retirement Plan Distributions Goldburn P. Maynard, Jr. (Indiana University) Minority Women and the Retirement Bait and Switch Paper: Black Women and the Retirement Bait and Switch |
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Panel V: Women, Financial Precarity, and Taxation Presenters:
Work Opportunity Credits: Ineffective for Men But Horrible for Everyone Else Paper: Work Opportunity Credits: Ineffective for Men But Horrible for Everyone Else Ann Murphy (Gonzaga University) Capital Gains Treatment Fails to Reach People of Color and Women of All Races Paper: Gold-Plated Tax Benefits: Capital Gains Preference Fails to Aid Women and Persons of Color Kerry Ryan (St. Louis University) Mothers in Jail: A Taxing Issue Slidedeck: Mothers in Jail: A Taxing Issue |
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Panel VI: Tax Design, Administration and Policy: What Gender Neutrality Has to Do With It Presenters:
Is a Gender-Neutral Income Tax Feasible? Paper: Is a Gender-neutral Income Tax Feasible – or Desirable? Phyllis Taite (University of Oklahoma) Tax Policy in a Space of Uncertainty Paper: Tax Policy in a Space of Uncertainty |