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Family Structure and Female Labor Supply in Mexico City

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  • Xiaodong Gong
  • Arthur van Soest

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We investigate labor supply of married women in Mexico City, using a static neoclassical structural model. By choosing her labor supply and corresponding income, each woman is assumed to maximize a direct translog utility function with family composition variables as taste shifters. We account for random preferences, their correlation with wage equation errors, and fixed costs of working. The wage equation and the labor supply model are estimated jointly by smooth simulated maximum likelihood. We find income elasticities of labor supply of about -0.17, and wage elasticities of about 0.87. The latter are underestimated if we ignore the correlation between wage equation errors and random preferences.

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  • Xiaodong Gong & Arthur van Soest, 2002. "Family Structure and Female Labor Supply in Mexico City," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 37(1), pages 163-191.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:37:y:2002:i:1:p:163-191
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