Taxes, benefits, and careers: Complete versus incomplete markets

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-125

  Ljungqvist, Lars ^a,b   Sargent, Thomas J ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Career; Complete markets; Employment lotteries; Human capital; Incomplete markets; Indivisible labor; Labor supply elasticity; Retirement; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449105079     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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