Precautionary savings or working longer hours?

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 326-352

  Pijoan Mas, Josep ^a,b  

^a CEMFI   (Spain)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incomplete markets; Labor supply; Precautionary savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645078398     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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