Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34482 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3034
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Our econometric research allows for a possible response of a person's hours worked to hours typically worked by members of a multidimensional labor market reference group that considers demographics and geographic location. Instrumental variables estimates of the canonical labor supply model expanded to permit social interactions pass a battery of specification checks and indicate positive and economically important spillovers for adult men. Ignoring or incorrectly considering social interactions in male labor supply can mis-estimate the response to tax reform by as much as 60 percent.
Subjects: 
Labor supply
social interactions
reference group
instrumental variables
social multiplier
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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