From Individual to Aggregate Labor Supply: A Quantitative Analysis Based on a Heterogeneous Agent Macroeconomy

Yongsung Chang () and Sun-Bin Kim ()

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Abstract: We investigate the mapping from individual to aggregate labor supply using a general equilibrium heterogeneous-agent model with an incomplete market. The nature of heterogeneity among workers is calibrated using wage data from the PSID. The gross worker flows between employment and nonemployment and the cross-sectional earnings and wealth distributions in our model are comparable to those in the micro data. We find that the aggregate labor supply elasticity of such an economy is around 1, bigger than micro estimates but smaller than those often assumed in aggregate models.

Keywords: aggregate labor supply elasticity; hetergeneity; indivisible labor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 E32 J21 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Working Paper: From individual to aggregate labor supply: a quantitative analysis based on a heterogeneous agent macroeconomy (2003)
Journal Article: FROM INDIVIDUAL TO AGGREGATE LABOR SUPPLY: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS BASED ON A HETEROGENEOUS AGENT MACROECONOMY * (2006)
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