Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Despite numerous studies on labor supply, the size of elasticities is rarely comparable across countries. In this paper …, we suggest the first large-scale international comparison of elasticities, while netting out possible differences due to … common empirical approach and a complete simulation of tax-benefit policies affecting household budgets. We find that wage-elasticities …