Collective labour supply: heterogeneity and nonparticipation

Arbeitspapier

We present identification and estimation results for the collective model of labour supply in which there are discrete choices, censoring of hours and nonparticipation in employment. We derive the collective restrictions on labour supply functions and contrast them with restrictions implied by the usual unitary framework. Using the large changes in the wage structure between men and women in the UK over the last two decades we estimate a collective labor supply model for married couples without children. The implications of the unitary framework are rejected while those of the collective approach are not. The estimates of the sharing rule show that wages have a strong influence on bargaining power within couples.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1785

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Consumer Economics: Theory ; Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation ; Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply
• Subject: collective models ; labor supply ; Arbeitsangebot ; Haushaltsökonomik ; Familienökonomik ; Geschlecht ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Blundell, Richard W. ; Chiappori, Pierre-André ; Magnac, Thierry ; Meghir, Costas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/33204
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