Marginal Compensated Effects in Discrete Labor Supply Models

44 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2019

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John K. Dagsvik

Statistics Norway

Steinar Strøm

University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Marilena Locatelli

University of Turin - Department of Economics

Date Written: 2019

Abstract

This paper develops analytic results for marginal compensated effects of discrete labor supply models, including Slutsky equations. It matters, when evaluating marginal compensated effects in discrete choice labor supply models, whether one considers wage increase (right marginal effects) or wage decrease (left marginal effects). We show how the results obtained can be used to calculate the marginal cost of public funds in the context of discrete labor supply models. Subsequently, we use the empirical labor supply model of Dagsvik and Strøm (2006) to compute numerical compensated (Hicksian) and uncompensated marginal (Marshallian) effects resulting from wage changes. The mean Hicksian labor supply elasticities are larger than the Marshallian, but the difference is small.

Keywords: Slutsky equations, discrete choice labor supply

JEL Classification: J220, C510

Suggested Citation

Dagsvik, John K. and Strøm, Steinar and Locatelli, Marilena, Marginal Compensated Effects in Discrete Labor Supply Models (2019). CESifo Working Paper No. 7493, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3338849 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3338849

John K. Dagsvik (Contact Author)

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Steinar Strøm

University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research ( email )

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Marilena Locatelli

University of Turin - Department of Economics ( email )

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