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A question of incentive? Lionel Robbins and Dennis H. Robertson on the nature and determinants of the supply of labour

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This paper compares two articles by Lionel Robbins (1930) and by Dennis H. Robertson (1921) on the topic of labour supply. Robertson's article is shown to anticipate the main results of Robbins's seminal article. Yet, Robertson covers a number of other issues (e.g. constraints on hours worked and the impact of non-pecuniary factors) that are neglected by Robbins. Robertson's article is used to illustrate important gaps and omissions in the economics literature on labour supply that have occurred through the acceptance of some of the arguments contained in Robbins's article.

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  • David Spencer, 2005. "A question of incentive? Lionel Robbins and Dennis H. Robertson on the nature and determinants of the supply of labour," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(2), pages 261-278.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:12:y:2005:i:2:p:261-278
    DOI: 10.1080/09672560500112702
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    1. Gordon Fletcher, 2000. "Understanding Dennis Robertson," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2064.
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