Individual and Aggregate Labor Supply in a Heterogeneous Agent Economy with Intensive and Extensive Margins

Yonsung Chang, Sun-Bin Kim and Kyooho Kwon
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Yonsung Chang: University of Rochester, Yonsei University
Kyooho Kwon: University of Rochester

No 2012rwp-48, Working papers from Yonsei University, Yonsei Economics Research Institute

Abstract: We develop a heterogeneous-agent general equilibrium model that incorporates both intensive and extensive margins of labor supply. A nonconvexity in the mapping between time devoted to work and labor services distinguishes between extensive and intensive margins. We consider calibrated versions of this model that di er in the value of a key preference parameter for labor supply and the extent of heterogeneity. The model is able to capture the key features of the empirical hours worked distribution, including how individuals transit within this distribution. We then study how the various speci cations in uence labor supply responses to temporary shocks and permanent tax changes, with a particular focus on the intensive and extensive margin elasticities in response to these changes. We nd important interactions between heterogeneity and the extent of curvature in preferences.

Keywords: Hours; Employment; Cross-section; Business Cycles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2012-09-13
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dge, nep-lab and nep-mac
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Working Paper: Individual and Aggregate Labor Supply in a Heterogeneous Agent Economy with Intensive and Extensive Margins (2014)
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