Covid‐19 and agricultural labor supply: Evidence from the rural–urban interface of an Indian mega‐city
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DOI: 10.1002/agr.21893
Abstract: This paper examines how India's national lockdown (March 25–May 31, 2020), in response to the spread of Covid‐19, affected the on‐farm family labor supply of 351 farm households in the rural–urban interface of Bangalore. We… read more here.
Keywords: farm; family labor; labor supply; farm family ... See more keywords
Labor supply and informal care responses to health shocks within couples: Evidence from the UK
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.4604
Abstract: Abstract Shocks to health have been shown to reduce labor supply for the individual affected. Less is known about household self‐insurance through a partner's response. Previous studies have presented inconclusive empirical evidence on the existence… read more here.
Keywords: labor supply; informal care; health; labor ... See more keywords
The effect of Certificate‐of‐Need laws on physician earnings and labor supply
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DOI: 10.1002/soej.12776
Abstract: Despite considerable research on Certificate‐of‐Need (CON) laws in healthcare provision, there is limited evidence on healthcare providers' labor market responses to these laws. Using data from the American Community Survey between 2005 and 2019, I… read more here.
Keywords: labor; physician earnings; con states; labor supply ... See more keywords
Work, Childcare, or Both? Experimental Evidence on the Efficacy of Childcare Subsidies in Raising Parental Labor Supply
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DOI: 10.1007/s10834-020-09749-x
Abstract: As a policy tool aimed at raising parental labor supply, childcare subsidies come with high expectations. Using data from a factorial survey conducted in the City of Bern, Switzerland, we examine whether childcare subsidies reach… read more here.
Keywords: raising parental; childcare; labor supply; childcare subsidies ... See more keywords
Intergenerational disagreements in labor supply and optimal bequest taxation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cbrev.2017.08.003
Abstract: This paper studies optimal taxation of bequests in a model where altruistic parents and their offspring disagree on the offspring's labor supply decision. I show that whenever offspring is too lazy from the parent's perspective… read more here.
Keywords: labor; intergenerational disagreements; taxation; labor supply ... See more keywords
Fertility and old-age labor supply in aging China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2018.12.004
Abstract: Abstract This paper studies the fertility and old-age labor supply decisions of Chinese households along with the relaxation of fertility control and a rise in life expectancy. We first build an overlapping-generations model, where agents… read more here.
Keywords: old age; labor supply; fertility; age labor ... See more keywords
Do income contingent student loans reduce labor supply?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.102061
Abstract: Abstract Government-backed income contingent student loans are increasingly being used to fund higher education. Until the outstanding balance is cleared, an income contingent repayment plan acts as an incremental marginal tax on earnings above a… read more here.
Keywords: income; labor supply; income contingent;
A structural explanation of recent changes in life-cycle labor supply and fertility behavior of married women in the United States
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.11.006
Abstract: This study documents and explains important changes in the life-cycle labor supply and fertility behavior of married women in the United States from the 1950s to more recent cohorts. The younger cohorts, relative to the… read more here.
Keywords: supply; labor; life cycle; labor supply ... See more keywords
Cross-sectional and aggregate labor supply
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103457
Abstract: Standard heterogeneous agent macro models that highlight idiosyncratic productivity shocks do not generate the near zero cross-sectional correlation between hours and wages found in the data. We ask whether matching this moment matters for business… read more here.
Keywords: sectional aggregate; labor; aggregate labor; labor supply ... See more keywords
Cash transfers and labor supply: Evidence from a large-scale program in Iran
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.08.005
Abstract: We study the impact of a nation-wide unconditional cash transfer program on labor supply in Iran. In 2011, the government started monthly deposits of cash into individual family accounts amounting to 29% of the median… read more here.
Keywords: labor; cash; labor supply; transfers labor ... See more keywords
Are spousal labor supplies substitutes? evidence from the workweek reduction policy in China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102472
Abstract: Abstract We estimate the effects of spousal labor supply on individuals’ labor supply by using the implementation of China’s 1994–1995 workweek reduction policy as a natural experiment. We find that a decrease in the labor… read more here.
Keywords: labor; spousal labor; reduction policy; labor supply ... See more keywords