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Whose preferences are revealed in hours of work?

Pencavel, John H. - 2015

It has become orthodox in economics research to interpret the association between hourly earnings and working hours as the expression of the preferences of workers. This convention originated in H. Gregg Lewis' explanation for the decline in hours of work since the nineteenth century. His...

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Commitment and the dynamics of household labor supply

Theloudis, Alexandros; Velilla, Jorge; Chiappori, … - 2022

The extent to which individuals commit to their partner for life has important implications. This paper develops a lifecycle collective model of the household, through which it characterizes behavior in three prominent alternative types of commitment: full, limited, and no commitment. We propose...

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The Effect of Part-Time Work on Wages : Evidence from the Social Security Rules

Aaronson, Daniel; French, Eric - 2005

, we show that both work hours and wages drop sharply at ages 62 and 65. The Social Security rules produce strong … incentives to reduce work hours at these ages. We present evidence that these sharp drops in work hours cause a drop in wages for …

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Nurses' Labour Supply Elasticities : The Importance of Accounting for Extensive Margins

Broadway, Barbara - 2012

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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Nurses' Labour Supply Elasticities : The Importance of Accounting for Extensive Margins

Broadway, Barbara - 2012

weakly to changes in wages. However, the decision to exit or enter the nursing profession has not been taken into account in … previous studies, although the occupational choice may be more responsive to wages than the labour supply decision at the … due to the effect of wages on the decision to enter or exit the profession, which was not included in the previous …

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HIV, Wages, and the Skill Premium

Marinescu, Ioana Elena - 2012

urban manufacturing firms. The impact of HIV on average wages is positive but imprecisely estimated. In contrast, HIV has a … large positive impact on the skill premium. The impact of HIV on the wages of low skilled workers is insignificantly …

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