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This paper analyses female working time taking into account restrictions on hours. Moreover, we compare two different specifications of employment opportunities. The first one assumes that the probabilities of receiving different job offers are constant whereas in the second one we incorporate the hypothesis that these probabilities depend on individual characteristics. The model is estimated using a sample of Spanish women from the “Encuesta Piloto sobre Ganancias y Subempleo” (1990). The results suggest that incorporating job restrictions is a valuable extension and that individual variables affect the availability of job offers.
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This paper is based on the second chapter of my Ph. D. thesis defended at the University of Oviedo in December 2000. I am very grateful to Víctor M. Fernández and Jaume García for their valuable help and to Emla Fitzsimons for her linguistic revision of the text. I am also grateful to two anonymous referees for their suggestions that have significantly improved this paper. Any remaining errors are my responsibility. Financial support from the Banco Herrero is gratefully acknowledged.
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Suárez, M.J. A study on Spanish female labour supply with job offer restrictions. Spanish Economic Review 5, 269–290 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10108-003-0064-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10108-003-0064-0