This chapter surveys existing approaches to modeling labor supply and identifies important
gaps in the literature that could be addressed in future research. The discussion begins with …

This paper surveys the main issues in the literature on residential water demand. Several
tariff types and their objectives are analyzed. Then, the main contributions to the literature on …

This paper uses tax return data to analyze bunching at the kink points of the US income tax
schedule. We estimate the compensated elasticity of reported income with respect to (one …

Micro data studies of household saving often find a significant group in the population with
virtually no wealth, raising concerns about heterogeneity in motives for saving. In particular …

A static neoclassical structural model is presented, explaining labor supply of both spouses
in two adults households. Family preferences are described with a direct translog utility …

Recent efforts to restructure electricity markets have renewed interest in assessing how
consumers respond to price changes. This paper develops a model for evaluating the effects …

This article presents a meta-analysis of variations in price and income elasticities of
residential water demand. Meta-analysis constitutes an adequate tool to synthesize …

Consumer incentives are reflected in a wide range of choices, many of which occur in both
insurance-and tax-financed health care systems. However, health insurance and sick leave …

The Handbook of Health Economics provide an up-to-date survey of the burgeoning
literature in health economics. As a relatively recent subdiscipline of economics, health …

We estimate the price elasticity of water demand with household-level data, structurally
modeling the piecewise-linear budget constraints imposed by increasing block pricing. We …