Collective labor 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: IFS Working Papers ; No. 01/19

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Arbeitsangebot ; Haushaltsökonomik ; Familienökonomik ; Geschlecht ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Blundell, Richard W. ; Chiappori, Pierre-Andre ; Magnac, Thierry ; Meghir, Costas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
• (where): London
• (when): 2001

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1920/wp.ifs.2001.0119
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/71511
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET