Nonparametric structural estimation of labor supply in the presence of censoring

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Liang, Che-Yuan
• 署名单位: Uppsala University; Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.08.009
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 89-103
• 关键词: Female labor supply; Nonparametric Estimation; Nonlinear budget sets; Tax revenues

摘要

This paper extends the nonparametric structural method to estimate labor supply developed by Blomquist and Newey (2002) to handle cases in which there are individuals who do not work. The method is then applied to married women in Sweden from 1973 to 1999. I find an uncompensated wage elasticity of 0.98 and an income elasticity of -0.10, with the participation margin accounting for one third of the wage elasticity and two thirds of the income elasticity. The elasticities vary, however, a lot over time due to differences in tax systems and demographics. I also find results consistent with tax rates being around the net government revenue maximizing rates. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.