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Commuting, wages, and household behavior
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2024
of couples' commuting, wages, labor supply, and consumption. Using data from the PSID for the years 2011-2019, results … indicate a positive and highly significant correlation between wages and commuting when analyzed cross-sectionally. However …, changes in wages and commuting over an individual's life cycle are not related. Additionally, commuting appears to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581485
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Commitment and the dynamics of household labor supply
Theloudis, Alexandros; Velilla, Jorge; Chiappori, … - 2022
The extent to which individuals commit to their partner for life has important implications. This paper develops a lifecycle collective model of the household, through which it characterizes behavior in three prominent alternative types of commitment: full, limited, and no commitment. We propose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013460092
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Employment, hours of work and the optimal taxation of low income families
Blundell, Richard W.; Shephard, Andrew - 2011
The optimal design of low income support is examined using a structural labour supply model. The approach incorporates unobserved heterogeneity, fixed costs of work, childcare costs and the detailed non-convexities of the tax and transfer system. The analysis considers purely Pareto improving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307333
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Employment, Hours of Work and the Optimal Taxation of Low Income Families
Blundell, Richard W. - 2011
The optimal design of low income support is examined using a structural labour supply model. The approach incorporates unobserved heterogeneity, fixed costs of work, childcare costs and the detailed non-convexities of the tax and transfer system. The analysis considers purely Pareto improving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123920
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Job Changes and Hours Changes : Understanding the Path of Labour Supply Adjustment
Blundell, Richard W. - 2007
reforms on wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775845
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Children, Time Allocation and Consumption Insurance
Blundell, Richard W. - 2018
, spouses' wages, hours of work, and time spent with children to estimate the sensitivity of consumption and time allocation to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930924
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Two decades of income inequality in Britain : the role of wages, household earnings and redistribution
Belfield, Chris; Blundell, Richard W.; Cribb, Jonathan; … - 2017
We study earnings and income inequality in Britain over the past two decades, including the period of relatively "inclusive" growth from 1997-2004 and the Great Recession. We focus on the middle 90%, where trends have contrasted strongly with the "new inequality" at the very top. Household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011583577
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Collective labour supply: heterogeneity and nonparticipation
Blundell, Richard W.; Chiappori, Pierre-André; Magnac, … - 2005
not. The estimates of the sharing rule show that wages have a strong influence on bargaining power within couples. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332988
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Consumption inequality and family labor supply
Blundell, Richard W.; Pistaferri, Luigi; … - 2012
and find strong evidence of smoothing of male's and female's permanent shocks to wages. Once family labor supply, assets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629674
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Labour supply : a review of alternative approaches
Blundell, Richard W.; MaCurdy, Thomas E. - 1998
This chapter surveys existing approaches to modeling labor supply and identifies important gaps in the literature that could be addressed in future research. The discussion begins with a look at recent policy reforms and labor market facts that motivate the study of labor supply. The analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538104