Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 3 No. 1, Part 2 1985
A Model of Female Labor Supply in Italy Using Cohort Data
Abstract
This paper attempts to develop a behavioral model of female labor supply in Italy using cohort data. Our starting theoretical assumptions of perfect information, intertemporal separability, and utility maximization under a lifetime wealth constraint are relaxed in a second stage. The results suggest that the flat female participation rate profile (from both a time-series and a cross-section perspective) is presumably produced by economic incentive effects that counter-balance each other. However, with the recent rise in cohort-specific earning power, we identify a decrease in the work-disincentive effects of aging and of children under 6.
- DOI
- 10.1086/298085
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1, Part 2
- Pages
- S275-S292
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref