Human capital accumulation and the intertemporal elasticity of substitution of labor: How large is the bias?

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 577-591

  Wallenius, Johanna ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human capital; Intertemporal elasticity of substitution; Labor supply; Life cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052277053     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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