preferences. We derive important implications for research on optimal taxation. -- household labor supply ; elasticity ; taxation …

wave of the Health and Retirement Study, the results show that the wage elasticity of informal care supply is negative and … larger in magnitude than has been found previously. The lower bound of this elasticity is estimated to be -1.8 for males and … -3.6 for females. Additional findings suggest that the wage elasticity of informal care supply differs by the type of …

A body of recent empirical work has found strong evidence that the labor elasticity of supply to the firm is finite … inter-war period, we are able to estimate the elasticity of supply to the firm during several recessions and expansions. Our … analysis suggests that the elasticity is indeed lower during recessions, consistent with the comparative statics from the …

preferences. We derive important implications for research on optimal taxation. -- household labor supply ; elasticity ; taxation …