A structural labour supply model with flexible preferences

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 345-374

  Van Soest, Arthur ^a   Das, Marcel ^a   Gong, Xiaodong ^b,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labour supply; Non parametric estimation; Tax reforms

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERSONNEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAXATION; WAGES;

LABOR SUPPLY; NON-PARAMETRIC ESTIMATION;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0346724435     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(01)00128-2     Document Type: Article

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