Social interactions and habit formation in a model of female labour supply

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-205

  Woittiez, Isolde ^a   Kapteyn, Arie ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; H31; Habit formation; Household labour supply; Interdependent preferences; J22; Latent variables; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000075449     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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