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ERIC Number: EJ835829
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 36
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-166X
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Structural Estimation of Family Labor Supply with Taxes: Estimating a Continuous Hours Model Using a Direct Utility Specification
Heim, Bradley T.
Journal of Human Resources, v44 n2 p350-385 Spr 2009
This paper proposes a new method for estimating family labor supply in the presence of taxes. This method accounts for continuous hours choices, measurement error, unobserved heterogeneity in tastes for work, the nonlinear form of the tax code, and fixed costs of work in one comprehensive specification. Estimated on data from the 2001 PSID, the resulting elasticities for married males are consistent with those found elsewhere in the literature but female wage elasticities are substantially smaller than those found in most of the literature. Simulations of recent tax acts predict small effects on the labor supply of married couples. (Contains 8 tables, 4 figures and 48 footnotes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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