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Heterogeneous preferences, spousal interaction, and couples' time-use

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  • Balleer, Almut
  • Merz, Monika
  • Papp, Tamás K.

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We study the role of heterogeneous preferences at the spousal level and that of spousal mutual insurance against wage shocks for couples' labor supply in a time-use model. We estimate the model for couples in the German Time-Use Survey with Bayesian techniques and generate gender-specific wage-elasticities of market hours in the cross-section and for all couples. Missing mutual insurance ignores males' behavior which we find to be substantial. Together with preference heterogeneity it shapes the elasticities' size and distribution, especially for high and low hours worked and wage groups. Our setting is suitable to analyze nonlinear and distributional economic policy.

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  • Balleer, Almut & Merz, Monika & Papp, Tamás K., 2024. "Heterogeneous preferences, spousal interaction, and couples' time-use," Ruhr Economic Papers 1088, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:rwirep:301861
    DOI: 10.4419/96973265
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    Keywords

    Preference heterogeneity; spousal labor supply; Bayesian estimation; Marshallian wage elasticity;
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    JEL classification:

    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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