Journal Article
Job changes and hours changes: understanding the path of labor supply adjustment
Authors
Publication date
2008
Abstract
We use British panel data to investigate single women's labor supply changes in response to three reforms that affected individuals' work incentives. We use these reforms to identify changes in labor supply. There is evidence of small hours of work effects for two of such reforms. A third reform in 1999 instead led to a significant increase in single mothers' hours of work. The mechanism by which the labor supply adjustments were made occurred largely through job changes rather than hours changes with the same employer. This is little overall effect of the reforms on wages.
Published in
Journal of Labor Economics
Volume
26 (3):421-453
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/588245
Subjects
Labour Economics, Welfare Benefits, Wages And Earnings, and Social Policy
Links
http://serlib0.essex.ac.uk/record=b1599721
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