Employment behaviour of marginal workers

Arbeitspapier

We use structural estimation techniques to analyze labour supply effects of changes in economic incentives for individuals who have just finished vocational rehabilitation in Norway. The complicated and sometimes non-convex budget sets for this group are accounted for. Focus is also on the limitation in the choice sets this group face. Parametric bootstrap and simulation techniques are applied to construct confidence intervals for the predicted impacts of changes in the economic environment. The results show that there is a small to moderate effect of changes in economic incentives on the extent to which vocational rehabilitation brings individuals back to work. We also find that individual health status and local labour market conditions are the most important factors affecting the transition from rehabilitation to work.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Memorandum ; No. 2007,06

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Model Construction and Estimation ; Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation ; Social Security and Public Pensions ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply
• Subject: Structural estimation ; labour supply ; marginal workers ; Arbeitsangebot ; Erwerbsunfähigkeit ; Berufliche Rehabilitation ; Ökonomischer Anreiz ; Schätzung ; Norwegen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Nordberg, Morten
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Oslo, Department of Economics
• (where): Oslo
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62969
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET