Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/74154 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 158.2004
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Recognizing that people value employment not only to earn income to satisfy their consumption needs but also as a means of community involvement that provides socio-psychological (non-pecuniary) benefits, we show that once the non-pecuniary benefits of employment are incorporated in the standard individual’s utility function, then at very low income levels employment can be a source of utility, inducing individuals to supply labor to the extent possible. We also show the conditions under which a greater non-pecuniary effect of employment generates a larger individual labor supply.
Subjects: 
Non-pecuniary effects
Employment value
Labor supply
JEL: 
D62
J22
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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