In this paper we develop the collective labour supply framework to allow for corner solutions and nonparticipation in employment.We derive conditions for the complete non parametric identification of individual preferences.We extend our results to allow for unobserved heterogeneity and show identification in the linear labor supply framework.We derive testable implications of the collective approach.We apply our results to the estimation of a collective labor supply model for married couples.
Authors
CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
Research Fellow Yale University
Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.
Research Associate Toulouse School of Economics
Thierry is a Research Associate of IFS, a Research Fellow at CEPR, London and a Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse,
Columbia University
Working Paper details
- DOI
- 10.1920/wp.ifs.1998.9820
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Blundell, R et al. (1998). Collective labour supply: heterogeneity and non-participation. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/collective-labour-supply-heterogeneity-and-non-participation (accessed: 28 April 2024).
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