Aggregation with a Double Non-Convex Labor Supply Decision: Indivisible Private- and Public-Sector Hours

• Autorzy: Aleksandar Vasilev
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper explores the problem of non-convex labor supply decisions in an economy with both private and public sector jobs. To this end, Hansen (1985) and Rogerson's (1988) indivisible-hours framework is extended to an environment featuring a double discrete labor choice. The novelty of the study is that the micro-founded representation obtained from explicit aggregation over homogeneous individuals features different disutility of labor across the two sectors, which is in line with the observed difference in average wage rates (OECD 2011). Therefore, this theory-based utility function could be utilized to study labor supply responses over the business cycle. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Employment; Labour supply; Economic process modeling; Utility functions

PL

Zatrudnienie; Podaż pracy; Modelowanie procesów gospodarczych; Funkcja użyteczności

• Czasopismo: Ekonomia / Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Rocznik: 2016
• Numer: nr 47
• Strony: 123--133

Twórcy

autor

Aleksandar Vasilev

• American University in Bulgaria

Bibliografia

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• Hansen, Gary. 1985. "Indivisible Labor and the Business Cycle." Journal of Monetary Economics 16: 309-328.
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• OECD Statistical Databes. 2011. http://stats.oecd.org/(accessed: 17.10.2015).
• Rogerson, Richard. 1988. "Indivisible Lotteries, Lotteries and Equilibrium." Journal of Monetary Economics 21: 3-16.

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DOI

10.17451/eko/47/2016/233