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The labor-supply elasticity is a central element in many macroeconomic models. We argue that assumptions underlying previous econometric estimates of the intertemporal labor supply elasticity are inconsistent with incomplete markets economies. In particular, if the econometrician ignores...
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We estimate the effects of the implementation of a compulsory work injury insurance in Sweden in 1978 on compensating wage differentials. This involves two steps. First, we investigate if there are compensating wage differentials on the Swedish labor market and second, we assess if these were...
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Guided by a simple theory of task assignment and time allocation, we investigate the long run response to national … differences in tax rates on labor income, payrolls and consumption. The theory implies that higher tax rates reduce work time in …
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wages, and the issue of how the existence of task structures, or career ladders, affect wages becomes paramount. Using data … artifact of the data rather than an accurate description of the world. -- wages ; plant size ; occupational hierarchies …
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