Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33480 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1915
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we develop a job portfolio model of dual job holding based on a Stone-Geary utility function. We derive the associated Slutsky equation components. Because the job portfolio model applies only to unconstrained dual jobholders, we separate individuals who moonlight because of an hours constraint from dual jobholders who work on two job for reasons different from an hours constraint. Income and wage elasticities are estimated for workers without hours constraints using data from the May 1991 supplement to the Current Population Survey. Our study finds that the income and compensated wage elasticities are much larger for labor supply to job 2 compared with job 1.
Subjects: 
dual job
labor supply
Stone-Geary
JEL: 
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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