Labor Supply as a Choice Among Latent Jobs: Unobserved Heterogeneity and Identification
分析了一个以工作选择为核心的劳动供给模型框架，探讨了在截面微观数据下不同条件的识别问题，并利用挪威数据研究了已婚/同居夫妇的劳动供给行为及政策改革模拟。
This paper discusses aspects of a modeling framework in which the notion of job choice is fundamental. In this framework, workers are assumed to have preferences over latent job opportunities belonging to worker-specific choice sets from which they choose their preferred job. The main contribution of this paper is an analysis of the identification problem under various conditions, when conventional cross-section micro-data are applied. The modeling framework is applied to analyze labor supply behavior for married/cohabiting couples using Norwegian micro data. Based on the empirical model, we discuss further qualitative properties of the model and simulation of counterfactual policy reforms. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.