The Incredible Shrinking Elasticities: Married Female Labor Supply, 1978-2002

Autor/in	Heim, Bradley T.
Titel	The Incredible Shrinking Elasticities: Married Female Labor Supply, 1978-2002
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 52 (2007) 4, S.881-918 (38 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Wages; Marital Status; Income; Ethnic Groups; Labor; Labor Supply; Females; Marriage; Trend Analysis; Demography; Taxes; Age Differences; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wage; Löhne; Familienstand; Einkommen; Ethnie; Labour Supply; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ehe; Trendanalyse; Demografie; Abgabe; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; USA
Abstract	This paper demonstrates the extent to which married women's labor supply elasticities have changed over the past quarter century. Estimates from March Current Population Survey data suggest that these elasticities have decreased substantially, by 60 percent for the hours wage elasticity (from 0.36 to 0.14), 70 percent for the hours income elasticity (from -0.053 to -0.015), 95 percent for the participation wage elasticity (from 0.66 to 0.03), and 60 percent for the participation income elasticity (from -0.13 to -0.05). Changing demographic characteristics explain little of the drop in these elasticities, suggesting that preferences toward work have changed across birth cohorts. (Contains 28 footnotes, 13 figures, and 3 tables.) [This article was produced by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI.] (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10