From: Own-wage labor supply elasticities: variation across time and estimation methods
Female wage elast. | Male wage elast. | Income elast. | |||||||
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Authors | Data selection | Model | Specification | Hours | Particip. | Hours | Particip. | Female | Male |
Cogan (1981) | US NLSW 1967, married women aged 30–35 | C | SL; reservation hours to account for FC; no tax-benefit | [.86, 2.40] | [.16,.66] | ||||
Hausman (1981) | PSID 1975, married women | C | LL, PL (C and NC: FC) | [.90, 1.00] | [ −.13, −.12] | ||||
Triest (1990) | PSID 1983, married women, aged 25–55 | C | LL; C and PL; taxes and benefits | [.03,.28] | [ −.15, −.19] | ||||
MaCurdy et al. (1990) | PSID 1975: married men, aged 25–55 | C | LL; PL and D (reconvexified) budget set; taxes | [ −.24,.03] | −.01 | ||||
Dickert et al. (1995) | SIPP 1990, single mothers, no assets | D | Joint program and labor force participation | .35 | |||||
Pencavel (1998) | CPS 1975–1994, married women, aged 25–60 | C | Log-L; no tax-benefit | [.77,.1.80] | |||||
CPS 1975–1994, single women, aged 25–60 | [.77,.1.80] | ||||||||
Hoynes (1996) | SIPP panel, 1984, married men and women with children | D | Stone-Geary; stigma from AFDC; tax-benefit system; FC | −.46 | −.12 | ||||
Keane and Moffitt (1998) | 1994 SIPP, single mothers, no assets | D | Joint labor supply and welfare program participation; benefits but no tax | .96 | |||||
Pencavel (2002) | CPS 1999, married men | C | LL; no tax-benefit | [.12,.25] | |||||
CPS 1999, single men | [.12,.25] | ||||||||
Devereux (2003) | Census and PSID, married men | C | Log-L, no tax-benefit | [ −.022,.017] | [ −.061,.001] | ||||
Single men | [ −.022,.017] | [ −.061,.001] | |||||||
Devereux (2004) | PUMS 1980, 1990, married couples (participating men) | C | Log-L, no tax-benefit | [.17,.38] | [.00,.07] | ||||
Eissa and Hoynes (2004) | CPS 1985 to 1997, less educated married couples with children | D | Participation Probit, joint estimation | .27 | .03 | −.039 | −.007 | ||
Blau and Kahn (2007) | CPS 1980, married men and women age 25–54 | C | Log-L | [.77,.88] | [.01,.07] | .004 | .001 | ||
CPS 1990 | C | Log-L | [.58,.64] | [.10,.14] | .002 | .002 | |||
CPS 2000 | C | Log-L | [.36,.41] | [.04,.10] | .001 | .002 | |||
Heim (2007) | CPS, 1979–2003, married women | SL, participation, some account for tax | .36 (1979) to.14 (2003) | .66 (1979) to.03 (2003) | −.05 (1979) to −.015 (2003) | ||||
Heim (2009) | PSID 2001, couples | Quadratic utility with continuous labor supply, J, FC, R | [.24,.33] | [.07,.18] | [.04,.07] | [.00,.003] | [ −.007, −.006] | −.0007 | |
Bishop et al. (2009) | CPS, 1979–2003, sing. women | SL, participation, some account for tax | .14 (1979) to −.03 (2003) | .28 (1979) to.22 (2003) | −.014 (1979) to −.019 (2003) |