The assumption behind discrete hours labour supply modelling is that utility‐maximising
individuals choose from a relatively small number of hours levels, rather than being able to …

There is a huge variation in the size of labor supply elasticities in the literature, which
hampers policy analysis. While recent studies show that preference heterogeneity across …

We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17
European countries and the United States using a harmonized empirical approach. We find …

We show how non-parametric flexibility can be attained in a structural labour supply model
that can be used to analyse all sorts of (non-linear) tax and benefits reforms. The direct utility …

Generous social assistance has been held responsible for inactivity traps and social
exclusion in several European countries, hence the recent trend of promoting employment …

This paper provides a technical survey of recent developments in behavioural
microsimulation. We discuss the criteria by which models of labour supply may be chosen …

Demands for formal and informal child care are estimated using a bivariate Tobit model.
Predicted costs of child care are incorporated in the households' budget constraint and a …

This paper applies both parametric and semiparametric methods to the estimation of wage
and participation equations for married women in Portugal. The semiparametric estimators …

This paper presents an overview of microsimulation as a method to evaluate health and
health care policies and interventions. After presenting a brief survey of microsimulation …

The encounter between microeconometric models of labour supply and the microsimulation
approach is the result of a long process. Large microsimulation models, as originally …