Bounds on Elasticities With Optimization Frictions: A Synthesis of Micro and Macro Evidence on Labor Supply

Econometrica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 969-1018

  Chetty, Raj ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment costs; Partial identification; Structural estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861675077     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9043     Document Type: Article

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