that motivated the study. As a middle ground, we construct household-based measures of labor supply by within-household … aggregating answers to the usual weeks and hours worked questionnaire items. Household (H) measures are substantially different … than the more familiar person (P) measures: H employment rates are relatively higher, with little trend, and relatively …

that motivated the study. As a middle ground, we construct household-based measures of labor supply by within-household … aggregating answers to the usual weeks and hours worked questionnaire items. Household (H) measures are substantially different … than the more familiar person (P) measures: H employment rates are relatively higher, with little trend, and relatively …

transitions between the states of nonparticipation, unemployed search, and employment. Motivated by a model of household search … analysis, and household specific unobserved heterogeneity is accounted for. Results show that female transitions into … nonparticipation (both out of unemployed search and employment) are positively affected by the husband's income (while no effect is …