Labor Force Participation Elasticities of Women and Secondary Earners within Married Couples: Working Paper 2014-06

Robert McClelland and Shannon Mok

No 49433, Working Papers from Congressional Budget Office

Abstract: Labor supply elasticities are often used to evaluate the effect of changes in tax rates on the total hours worked in the economy. Historically, married women have tended to have larger labor supply elasticities than their spouses because they were the secondary earners in a couple. However, those elasticities have fallen sharply in recent decades—a decline that has been attributed to greater labor force participation rates and increased career orientation among married women. Indeed, a growing share of wives earn more than their husbands, raising the question whether a

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Date: 2014-09-29
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