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Collective Female Labor Supply: Theory and Application

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Olivier Donni () (Center for Research on Economic Fluctuations and Employment, UQAM)

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In this paper, we deal with female labour supply in the collective framework (Chiappori, Journal of Political Economy (1992)). We study married couples and start from the empirical observation that the husband's labour supply is generally determined by exogenous constraints. We then show that, in this case, structural elements of the decision process, such as individual preferences or the rule that determines the intra-household distribution of welfare, can be identified if household demand for at least one commodity, together with the wife's labour supply, is observed. These theoretical considerations are followed by an empirical application using French data.

Dans cet article, nous traitons la question de l'offre féminine de travail dans le cadre de l'approche collective (Chiappori, Journal of Political Economy (1992)). Nous étudions des couples mariés et partons de l'observation empirique que l'offre de travail du mari est généralement déterminée par des contraintes exogènes. Nous montrons alors que, dans ce cas, des éléments structurels du processus de décision, tels que les préférences individuelles or la règle qui détermine la répartition intra-familiale du bien-être peut-être identifiée à condition que la demande pour au moins un bien est observée conjointement avec l'offre de travail. Ces considérations théoriques sont suivies par une application empirique utilisant des données françaises.

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Keywords: Collective Decisions Female labour Supply Commodity Demands Intra-household Distribution

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D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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  1. Jeremy Lise & Shannon Seitz, 2004. "Consumption Inequality and Intra-Household Allocations," Working Papers 1019, Queen's University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Olivier Donni, 2001. "Collective Household Labor Supply: Nonparticipation and Income Taxation," Cahiers de recherche CREFE / CREFE Working Papers 140, CREFE, Université du Québec à Montréal. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Laura Crespo, 2005. "Estimation And Testing Of Household Labour Supply Models: Evidence From Spain," Working Papers. Serie AD 2005-03, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie). [Downloadable!]
  4. Donni, Olivier, 2002. "A Simple Model of Collective Consumption," Cahiers de recherche 0204, CIRPEE. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Olivier Donni, 2004. "A Collective Model of Household Behavior with Private and Public Goods: Theory and Some Evidence from U.S. Data," Cahiers de recherche 0402, CIRPEE. [Downloadable!]
  6. Olivier Donni, 2004. "A Collective Model of Household Behavior with Private and Public Goods: Theory and Evidence from US Data," Econometric Society 2004 Latin American Meetings 26, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]
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  8. Clément Carbonnier, 2008. "Spouse labor supply: fiscal incentive and income effect,evidence from French fully joint income tax system," THEMA Working Papers 2008-20, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise. [Downloadable!]
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