Household Labor Supply and Welfare Participation in Sweden.

Flood, Lennart; Hansen, Jorgen; Wahlberg, Roger

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ERIC Number: EJ717417

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2004-Sep-22

Pages: 25

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ISSN: ISSN-0022-166X

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Household Labor Supply and Welfare Participation in Sweden

Flood, Lennart; Hansen, Jorgen; Wahlberg, Roger

Journal of Human Resources, v39 n4 p1008 Fall 2004

A structural, static model of household labor supply and multiple welfare program participation is formulated and estimated. Results suggest that labor supply among two-parent families in Sweden was quite inelastic.

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Supply, Welfare Services, Family Involvement

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Sweden

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