Bredemeier, Christian; Juessen, Falko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We propose a new explanation for differences and changes in labor supply by gender and marital status, and in … particular for the increase in married women's labor supply over time. We argue that this increase as well as the relative … households over time. To investigate this hypothesis, we incorporate heterogeneous agents into a household model of labor supply …