Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33967 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2258
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study adapts a relatively novel model of off-farm labor supply to the changing conditions of Bulgaria during the 1990s. The model's parameters are estimated separately for each of the three different waves of the Bulgarian Integrated Household Survey, each reflecting remarkably different environmental conditions. Both the parameter values and the changes therein from one survey year to another are explained and used to characterize the way different types of households allocate their labor between farm and off-farm activities. The results demonstrate that Bulgarian households display many of the same labor supply patterns, including entitlement failures, as have previously been observed only in very poor developing countries. As such, they have potentially important policy making implications.
Subjects: 
off-farm labor supply
diversification
entitlement failures
transition economies , Bulgaria
institutional change
JEL: 
J2
P23
P36
O13
Q12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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