Household labor supply: Collective results for certain developed countries

Bautista Lacambra, Sergio (2020): Household labor supply: Collective results for certain developed countries.

Abstract

This paper shows some empirical results for the collective labor supply of households in thirteen developed countries (USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Japan, and China). I have reviewed a significant number of papers in order to aggregate information for future investigations. Among the conclusions obtained are a gender differential in labor supply when the household includes a child, and a greater level of female household production. This analysis shows that gender differences observed in other literature persist throughout the consulted literature.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Household, collective model, gender differences, labor supply, household production, family taxation.
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D10 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply; Y - Miscellaneous Categories > Y1 - Data: Tables and Charts > Y10 - Data: Tables and Charts

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