provinces. We examine monthly data on employment, wages, and hours across 8 industries and 10 provinces over the 1961- 1975 … period. We find that employment actually rose after the introduction of NHI; wages increased as well, while average hours …

In this paper, we employ both calibration and modern (Bayesian) estimation methods to assess the role of neutral and … the labor supply elasticity. Both a calibration procedure that uses modern assessments of the Frisch elasticity and the … estimation procedures result in technology shocks accounting for 2% to 9% of the variation in hours worked in the data. We infer …

This paper introduces a new methodology for the estimation of demand trade elasticities based on an import intensity …

, spouses' wages, hours of work, and time spent with children to estimate the sensitivity of consumption and time allocation to …

mixed evidence that higher wages contributed to the decline in hours worked over the last several decades …

of consumption insurance against shocks to male and female wages, as estimated empirically by Blundell, Pistaferri and …

and find strong evidence of smoothing of males and females permanent shocks to wages. Once family labor supply, assets and …