Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58585 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6039
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we use information on the cyclical variation of labor market participation to learn about the aggregate labor supply elasticity. For this purpose, we extend the standard labor market matching model to allow for endogenous participation. A model that is calibrated to replicate the variability of unemployment and participation, and the negative correlation of unemployment and GDP, implies an aggregate labor supply elasticity along the extensive margin of around 0.3 for men and 0.5 for women. This is in line with recent micro-econometric estimates.
Subjects: 
matching models
labor market participation
labor supply elasticity
JEL: 
E24
E32
J21
J64
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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