Abstract
We build a life cycle model of labor supply that incorporates changes along both the intensive and extensive margin and use it to assess the consequences of changes in tax and transfer policies on equilibrium hours of work. We find that changes in taxes have large aggregate effects on hours of work. Moreover, we find that there is no inconsistency between this result and the empirical finding of small labor elasticities for prime age workers. In our model, micro and macro elasticities are effectively unrelated. Our model is also consistent with other cross-country patterns.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2277-2292 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Economic Theory |
Volume | 144 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Economics and Econometrics
Keywords
- Labor supply
- Life cycle
- Taxes