TY - JOUR
T1 - The wage elasticity of labour supply: A synthesis of empirical estimates
AU - Evers, Michiel
AU - de Mooij, Ruud
AU - van Vuuren, Daniël
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper performs a meta-analysis of empirical estimates of uncompensated labour supply elasticities. For the Netherlands, we find that an elasticity of 0.5 for women and 0.1 for men is a good reflection of what the literature reveals. The elasticity for men hardly differs between countries, but for women some cross-country variation is found. The increasing participation rate of women may lead to a somewhat lower elasticity in the future. Both the specification of the hours function and the estimation method are found to affect elasticity estimates.
AB - This paper performs a meta-analysis of empirical estimates of uncompensated labour supply elasticities. For the Netherlands, we find that an elasticity of 0.5 for women and 0.1 for men is a good reflection of what the literature reveals. The elasticity for men hardly differs between countries, but for women some cross-country variation is found. The increasing participation rate of women may lead to a somewhat lower elasticity in the future. Both the specification of the hours function and the estimation method are found to affect elasticity estimates.
U2 - 10.1007/s10645-007-9080-z
DO - 10.1007/s10645-007-9080-z
M3 - Article
VL - 156
SP - 25
EP - 43
JO - De Economist: Tijdschrift voor alle standen, tot bevordering van volkswelvaart, door verspreiding van eenvoudige beginselen van staatshuishoudkunde
JF - De Economist: Tijdschrift voor alle standen, tot bevordering van volkswelvaart, door verspreiding van eenvoudige beginselen van staatshuishoudkunde
SN - 0013-063X
IS - 1
ER -