Does indivisible labor explain the difference between micro and macro elasticities? A meta-analysis of extensive margin elasticities

NBER Macroeconomics Annual

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-56

  Chetty, Raj ^a   Guren, Adam ^a   Manoli, Day ^b   Weber, Andrea ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 84878971203     PISSN: 08893365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/669170     Document Type: Article

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