Labor and Transfer Income and Older Women's Work: Estimates From the United States / Philip de Jong, Robert Haveman, Barbara Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

de Jong, Philip.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Haveman, Robert.

Wolfe, Barbara.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w2728.

NBER working paper series no. w2728

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment--Mathematical models.

Women.

Women--Employment.

Labor market.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Labor and Transfer Income and Older Women's Work

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1988.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1988.

Summary:

This paper deals with the effects of labor and transfer incomes as determinants of older women's labor force participation. It examines the responsiveness of women aged 48-62 to the level of income available from both work and public transfer programs when deciding between work and nonwork options. The main focus is on whether the availability and generosity of disability-related transfers affects the labor supply of these women. A maximum-likelihood model is estimated separately for heads of household and wives. The results suggest income opportunities have significant effect only on the work choices of wives. The responsiveness to the availability and generosity of public transfers is largest among older, disabled women who have low expected earnings.

Notes:

Print version record

October 1988.