A TIME SERIES STUDY OF HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION DECISIONS THROUGH BOOM AND SLUMP: I. Introduction

IN recent years, an extensive literature has developed on the theoretical and empirical modelling of labour supply decisions, both in the UK, and the US. Interest in this area ranges from a desire to quantify the likely effects of government taxation measures, to the analysis and understanding of th...

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Published in:Oxford economic papers 1986-03, Vol.38 (1), p.141
Main Author: Molho, Ian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Employment
Equilibrium
Expenditures
Households
Labor force
Labor market
Labor supply
Longitudinal studies
Phillips curve
Recessions
Supply & demand
Time series
Unemployment
Wage rates
Wages & salaries
Women
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Summary:IN recent years, an extensive literature has developed on the theoretical and empirical modelling of labour supply decisions, both in the UK, and the US. Interest in this area ranges from a desire to quantify the likely effects of government taxation measures, to the analysis and understanding of the social re-structuring of work, and the division between domestic and waged labour within the family. Empirical analyses include cross section studies both at the aggregate and micro levels (for example Greenhalgh (1977) (1979) (1980a), Layard, Barton and Zabalza (1980), Zabalza (1983)...
ISSN:0030-7653
1464-3812