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Using Labor Supply Elasticities to Learn about Income Inequality: The Role of Productivities versus Preferences

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dc.contributor.authorBergstrom, Katy
dc.contributor.authorDodds, William
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-09T15:49:08Z
dc.date.available2020-01-09T15:49:08Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues that labor supply elasticities encode information about the determinants of income inequality. In the theoretical framework, individuals choose labor supply conditional on productivities and preferences for consumption relative to leisure. The paper shows that reduced-form labor supply elasticities allow one to isolate the components of income due to productivities versus preferences. The paper then investigates what labor supply elasticities imply about the importance of productivities versus preferences in the United States. Estimates from the literature imply productivities drive most of income inequality. Larger income effects and larger differences between income and hours worked elasticities imply preferences play an increasingly important role.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/764311578322352997/Using-Labor-Supply-Elasticities-to-Learn-about-Income-Inequality-The-Role-of-Productivities-versus-Preferences
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/33151
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9102
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectPREFERENCE
dc.titleUsing Labor Supply Elasticities to Learn about Income Inequalityen
dc.title.subtitleThe Role of Productivities versus Preferencesen
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okr.crossref.titleUsing Labor Supply Elasticities To Learn About Income Inequality : The Role Of Productivities Versus Preferences
okr.date.disclosure2020-01-06
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/764311578322352997/Using-Labor-Supply-Elasticities-to-Learn-about-Income-Inequality-The-Role-of-Productivities-versus-Preferences
okr.guid764311578322352997
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9102
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0874a7863_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum31683966
okr.identifier.reportWPS9102
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/764311578322352997/pdf/Using-Labor-Supply-Elasticities-to-Learn-about-Income-Inequality-The-Role-of-Productivities-versus-Preferences.pdfen
okr.region.countryUnited States
okr.statistics.combined2539
okr.statistics.dr764311578322352997
okr.statistics.drstats2004
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Public Sector Economics
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group, Development Economics
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