In-Kind Transfers and Work Incentives

Michael V Leonesio

Journal of Labor Economics, 1988, vol. 6, issue 4, 515-29

Abstract: Recent developments in rationing theory are used to examine the differences between the effects of in-kind and cash transfers on labor supply. It is not possible to tell a priori which type of transfer will cause the greater reduction in hours of work; the answer depends on the extent to which in-kind transfers distort consumption choices and on the relationship between the transferred commodities and leisure. Hicks-Allen complements can cause greater reductions in labor supply than equally generous cash transfers, while strong Hicks-Allen substitutes can induce increases in market work. Copyright 1988 by University of Chicago Press.

Date: 1988
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