Arbeitspapier

Intertemporal labor supply and involuntary unemployment

In this paper we develop a model to consistently estimate the intertemporal labor supply behavior on the extensive margin (participation decision) and the intensive margin (working hours decision). In this framework we distinguish between voluntary non-participation and involuntary unemployment which is caused by labor market rationing and model the dynamics of labor supply by accounting for true state dependence and unobserved effects. Our approach follows the empirical literature on life cycle employment based on approximate decision rules. However, in contrast to previous studies, this framework allows us to test for true state dependence of voluntary non-participation, involuntary unemployment, full-time work and over-time work. Moreover, we derive consistent estimates of intertemporal labor supply elasticities over time and asses the bias of short- and long-run elasticities derived in a pure choice model of labor supply.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2888

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Arbeitsangebot
Zeitpräferenz
Unfreiwillige Arbeitslosigkeit
Arbeitslosigkeit
Deutschland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Haan, Peter
Uhlendorff, Arne
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2007

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Haan, Peter
  • Uhlendorff, Arne
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2007

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