What Explains the Variation in Estimates of Labour Supply Elasticities?
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labour supply; meta-analysis; uncompensated elasticity;JEL classification:
- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2006-01-29 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2006-01-29 (Public Economics)
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