Labor supply in urban China |
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Authors: | Haizheng Li Jeffrey S Zax |
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Institution: | a School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0615, USA;b University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 256, Boulder, CO 80309-0256, USA |
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Abstract: | Using labor supply responses from 10,560 urban Chinese workers, two-stage least squares estimations identify positive compensated wage effects and negative income effects that are, for the most part, statistically significant. The gross wage effects are mostly positive but they indicate relatively low uncompensated labor supply elasticities. The compensated wage effects are much larger; these may be important in assessing the labor market consequences of reform policies that monetize non-pecuniary benefits. The significance of labor supply responses depends on individual responsibilities within the family; the effects are largest for women and non-household heads. Journal of Comparative Economics 31 (4) (2003) 795–817. |
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Keywords: | Labor supply Wage elasticity Income elasticity |
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