Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36804 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4889
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper extends existing work on labor force participation dynamics by distinguishing between full-time and part-time employment and allowing unobserved heterogeneity in the effects of previous employment outcomes, children and education on employment dynamics. The results reveal significant autocorrelation in unobservables, and significant variation in the effects of children and education on labor supply preferences. Moreover, omission of random coeffcients or autocorrelation can bias significantly estimates of policy effects. On average, policies temporarily incentivizing part-time and full-time employment are equally effective tools for reducing non-employment. However, non-employment among women with young children is more responsive to policies encouraging part-time rather than full-time work.
Subjects: 
Discrete labor supply
unobserved heterogeneity
state dependence
repeated multinomial choice
JEL: 
C15
C25
J6
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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