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The Marginal Rate of Substitution and the Specification of Labour Supply Models

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In this note I revisit Heckman's proposal, [Heckman, 1974], to specify a static labour supply model using a simple formulation for the Marginal Rate of Substitution between total expenditure on consumption and hours of work. I describe the analytical form of the expenditure function and I show how the direct and indirect utility functions can be recovered. I propose an alternative specification for the MRS and in this case I describe analytically the labour supply functions, the indirect and direct utility functions as well as the expenditure function.

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  • Lanot, Gauthier, 2016. "The Marginal Rate of Substitution and the Specification of Labour Supply Models," Umeå Economic Studies 922, Umeå University, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Labour Supply Model; Specification; Marginal Rate of Substitution;
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    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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