HOURS RESTRICTIONS AND LABOR SUPPLY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: DICKENS, WT; LUNDBERG, SJ
• 署名单位: University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
• 刊物名称: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0020-6598
• DOI: 10.2307/2526955
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 169-192
• 关键词: commodity demands; fixed costs; MODEL; wages; taxes

摘要

We estimate a labor supply model that permits hours restrictions of a simple but general form. Each individual chooses from among a finite set of jobs drawn at random from a market distribution, each offering a fixed quantity of hours. The polar cases of no constraints on hours worked and exogenous hours are nested within the general case. Our results are consistent with a substantial amount of rationing in the work hours of a sample of low-income men, most of whom are working less than they would like.