Estimation methods for male labor supply functions how to take account of nonlinear taxes

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 383-405

  Blomquist, Sören ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hausman method; Instrumental variables; Labor supply; Monte Carlo simulation; Nonlinear taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002308579     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4076(94)01678-X     Document Type: Article

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