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
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
Occupational Fatalities and the Labor Supply: Evidence from the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.04.020
Abstract: I find that full information utility maximization models are insufficient to explain the recruiting response to deaths of US soldiers in recent years. Using data of all applicants to the enlisted US military during the… read more here.
Keywords: wars iraq; occupational fatalities; iraq afghanistan; labor supply ... See more keywords
The daily grind: Cash needs and labor supply
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2020.06.017
Abstract: Abstract The majority of people in developing countries are self-employed and can therefore set their own work hours. How do self-employed individuals motivate themselves to work hard day after day? We document four facts about… read more here.
Keywords: labor; cash needs; daily grind; labor supply ... See more keywords