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Steady-State Labor Supply Elasticities: An International Comparison

Bargain, Olivier; Peichl, Andreas - HAL - 2013

This note provides an extensive survey of studies estimating steady-state labor supply elasticities for Western Europe and the US. Differences are driven by the heterogeneity in work preferences across countries and by methodological difference across studies (data, selection or model estimation...

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Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US: New Results

Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - HAL - 2012

We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status, with measurement differences netted out by using a harmonized empirical approach and comparable data sources. We find that...

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Estimating the functional form of road traffic maturity

Nunez, Antonio - HAL - 2008

-term forecasts, due to constant elasticity to gross domestic product these models assume. In this paper we argue that traffic … maturity results from decreasing marginal utility of transport. The elasticity of individual mobility with respect to the … revenue tends to decrease when the level of mobility increases. In order to find evidences of decreasing elasticity we analyse …

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Effect of organic contract farming on labor demand. A study case in the Western Uganda

Guimas, Céline - HAL - 2012

In order to fully evaluate the impacts of organic contract farming scheme, spillovers on the local community, including people that do not directly participate in such scheme, need to be evaluated. One of these spillovers is the creation of employment opportunities and this is the focus of this...

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