Discussion Papers no. 344

Analyzing labor supply behavior with latent job opportunity sets and institutional choice constraints

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.

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Analyzing labor supply behavior with latent job opportunity sets and institutional choice constraints

Ansvarlige

John K. Dagsvik, Steinar Strøm

Serie og -nummer

Discussion Papers no. 344

Utgiver

Statistics Norway

Emne

Discussion Papers

Antall sider

46

Målform

Engelsk

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Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.

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