Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/301302 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11176
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
While the consensus in the literature is that the labor supply of married women is more responsive than that of married men, there are indications that this gap is narrowing. Our estimations of a structural discrete choice labor supply model using repeated cross-sectional data confirms this trend for Norway – the gross wage elasticity for married women decreased from approximately 0.7 in 1997 to under 0.3 in 2019. We further demonstrate how a simulation procedure based on the labor supply model offers insights into the factors driving this decline. We identify four categories of explanations: changes in the sociodemographic composition of the population, changes in preferences and labor market options, wage changes, and tax scheme changes. Our analysis suggests that general wage growth over the period is the primary reason for the decline in responsiveness among married women.
Subjects: 
female labor supply responsiveness
discrete choice labor supply model
microsimulation
JEL: 
C35
C51
H24
H31
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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