Sectoral labour supply, choice restrictions and functional form
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Journal of Applied Econometrics, 21 (6), pp. 803-826Sammendrag
In this paper we discuss a general framework for analyzing labor supply behavior in the presence of
complicated budget- and quantity constraints of which some are unobserved. The point of departure is that
an individual’s labor supply decision can be considered as a choice from a set of discrete alternatives
(jobs). These jobs are characterized by attributes such as hours of work, sector specific wages and other
sector specific aspects of the jobs. We focus in particular on theoretical justification of functional form
assumptions and properties of the random components of the model.
The paper includes an empirical application based on Norwegian data, in which the labor supply
of married women is estimated. Key words: Labor supply, non-convex budget sets, non-pecuniary job-attributes, sector-specific wages.
Beskrivelse
This is the authors submitted article version, which is the pre-peer reviewed version of the article: The article changed title in the peer reviewing process, from: "Analyzing labor supply behavior with latent job opportunity
sets and institutional choice constraints". Later published as "Discussion Paper no 399; http://brage.bibsys.no/ssb/handle/URN:NBN:no-bibsys_brage_21006