Labor supply and optimization frictions: Evidence from the Danish student labor market

Arbeitspapier

In this paper I investigate the nature of optimization frictions by studying the labor market of Danish students. This particular labor market is an interesting case study as it features a range of special institutional settings that affect students' incentive to earn income and comparing outcomes across these setting effectively allow you to distinguish between different types of frictions. I find that the considered labor market is significantly affected by optimizations frictions, which masks the bunching at kink points normally associated with a positive labor supply elasticity under standard theory. More concretely I find the dominate optimization friction to be individuals' inattention about their earnings during the year, while real adjustment cost and gradual learning appears to be of less importance.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: EPRU Working Paper Series ; No. 2014-02

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation ; Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply
• Thema: optimization frictions ; labor supply ; bunching ; inattention ; student labor market

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Søgaard, Jakob Egholt
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Copenhagen, Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU)
• (wo): Copenhagen
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/123494
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ