scholarly journals Estimates of a Labour Supply Function Using Alternative Measures of Hours of Work

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Anders Klevmarken
Keyword(s):  
Labour Supply ◽  
Supply Function ◽  
Hours Of Work ◽  
Alternative Measures

Recreation Travel Time Conditional on Labour Supply, Work Travel Time and Income

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Sjögren ◽  
Kurt Brännäs
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Hours Of Work ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Swedish Data

An economic model is proposed in which individuals are assumed to choose recreation travel time conditional on work travel time, hours of work and income. Using Swedish data and a grouped regression model, work travel time is found to have a significant and negative effect on recreation travel time for both spouses in a household. Income has a negative and significant effect for males but the effect is insignificant for females. Labour supply is not found to have any significant effect.

scholarly journals Spousal effects on wages, labour supply and household production in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Orkoh ◽  
Phillip F. Blaauw ◽  
Carike Claassen
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Household Production ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Wage Premium ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Hours Of Work

Background: The relationship between spousal wages and hours of work, including the phenomenon of a spousal premium or penalty, is well documented in the literature. However, there is limited information on the situation in developing countries where labour market rigidities and cultural norms are factors in the division of labour between husbands and wives.Aim: This article addresses the research gap by analysing spousal wages among couples and the cross-wage effect of spousal time allocation.Setting: Households in Ghana, where sociocultural norms largely influence the role of men and women constituted the context of the study.Methods: The instrumental variable Tobit estimation regression was used to analyse pooled data from three Ghana Living Standard Surveys.Results: The results reveal elements of a working spousal wage premium (due to positive selection rather than specialisation) for both men and women regardless of their ethnic affiliations. The analysis of the effect of wage on spousal hours of work also suggested complementarity in employment and household labour decisions between couples.Conclusion: Men’s and women’s participation in household production significantly improves each other’s labour market participation and labour supply. These results corroborate the evidence of a wage premium in the literature. We recommend that government should promote equitable wage rates in the labour market and prioritise policies such as paternal leave which could encourage men to participate in household production and indirectly promote women’s labour force participation.

Penalty Rates and Labour Supply: Employee Attitudes to Non-Standard Hours of Work

1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 564-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Dawkins ◽  
Campbell Rungie ◽  
Judith Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Labour Supply ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Discussion Groups ◽  
Working Time ◽  
Labour Demand ◽  
Employment Creation ◽  
Rigid Structure ◽  
Hours Of Work

This paper considers the supply of labour to non-standard hours of work. If penalty rates for such hours of work were reduced, any potential employment creation due to increased labour demand would depend in part on the labour supply response. We consider the rationale for penalty rates, changes in the labour force and in the length of working hours, and evidence on employee attitudes (including in-depth discussion groups that we have organized). It is concluded that changes since the introduction of penalty rates and the heterogeneity of employee preferences make the rigid structure of penalty rates inappropriate. Appropriate patterns of working time and associated compensation vary substantially among industries and occupations.

A Labour Supply Function for Married Women in Great Britain

Economica ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 44 (175) ◽  
pp. 249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Greenhalgh
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Supply Function
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