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The Wage Elasticity of Labour Supply: A Synthesis of Empirical Estimates
- Michiel Evers,
- Ruud De Mooij,
- Daniel Van Vuuren
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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.
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Volume 156, Issue 1 , pp 25-43 - Cover Date
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- Michiel Evers (1)
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- 1. Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands
- 2. CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, The Hague, The Netherlands
- 3. Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 4. Tinbergen Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 5. Netspar, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- 6. CESifo, Munich, Germany
- 7. CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, P.O. Box 80510, 2508 GM, The Hague, The Netherlands
- 8. Netspar, Tilburg, The Netherlands