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Depending on data source, estimates of hours of work give widely different results both as to level and change. In this paper three alternative measures of hours worked are used to estimate a simple labour supply function to investigate if estimated wage rate and income effects are data...
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This paper tests the predictive value of subjective labour supply data for adjustments in working hours over time. The idea is that if subjective labour supply data help to predict next year?s working hours, such data must contain at least some information on individual labour supply...
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Most empirical studies on the impact of labour income taxation on the labour supply behaviour of households use a unitary modelling approach. In this paper we empirically analyze income taxation and the choice of working hours by combining the collective approach for household behaviour and the...
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This paper presents estimates of individuals' responses in hourly wages to changes in marginal tax rates. Estimates …
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decisions as well as the prevailing wages in these two employment markets. A semi-parametric random effects estimator and the …-time employment, and child care payment, and the linear equations of the price of child care, and part-time and full-time wages in a …
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headache on labor force participation, hours worked, and wages. We find that migraine headache is associated with a decrease in … wages. However, there is little evidence that migraine headache leads to reductions in labor force participation or hours … worked. We conclude that estimates of the cost of migraine headache to society should include its impact on wages. …
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In order to learn more about the wage elasticity of the teacher supply in Switzerland, this paper estimates wages for …-1999. The data allows us to estimate the wage elasticity for entry wages of upper secondary school teachers. In the cases …
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monopsony or upward sloping labour supply curves for average firm wages. Panel estimates provide strong evidence of a much … compensating differentials with lagged wages, and for profitability (rent sharing). Employment expansion also has a positive effect … on wages, providing further evidence for upward sloping labour supply (as distinct from the effect of shocks in a …
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weakly to changes in wages. We estimate a multi-sector model of nursing qualification holders' labour supply in different … wage elasticities might be higher than previous research has found. This is mainly due to the effect of wages on the … respect to income are higher for nurses with children, while the positive elasticities with respect to wages are higher for …
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how the magnitude of the estimated elasticities varies depending on whether net or gross wages and income are used in the … changes in their own or spouses' wages. …
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