Household specialization and the labor-supply elasticities of women and men

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dc.contributor.authorBredemeier, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-12T13:08:52Z
dc.date.available2014-05-12T13:08:52Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-12
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies gender differences in the elasticity of labor supply in a model of household specialization. We show that household specialization implies larger Frisch elasticities for the partner that specializes in home production. Quantitatively, empirical time-use ratios alone imply differences in the Frisch elasticity between women and men of about 50%. Similar results are obtained for long-run elasticities. However, limited commitment within the household reduces the gender differences in long-run labor-supply elasticities. Our results imply that the elasticity of labor supply is not a deep parameter but can react on, e.g., gender-biased employment subsidies, public child care provision, and divorce laws.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/33115
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-15575
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion Paper / SFB 823;17/2014en
dc.subjectlabor-supply elasticityen
dc.subjecthome productionen
dc.subjectgenderen
dc.subject.ddc310
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.titleHousehold specialization and the labor-supply elasticities of women and menen
dc.typeTextde
dc.type.publicationtypeworkingPaperde
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