The author is grateful for valuable comments and suggestions by David Blackaby, Arnaud Chevalier, Natalia Danzer, Peter Dolton, Christina Gathmann, Lars Handrich, Timothy Hatton, Victor Lavy, Melanie Lührmann, Omer Moav, Robert Moffitt, Robert Poppe, Sarah Smith, Kenneth Troske, Jonathan Wadsworth, Joachim Winter, the editor Steve Pischke, two anonymous referees, as well as seminar and conference participants in Bristol, Essex, London, Mannheim, München, Perth, Regensburg and Shanghai. The ULMS data were kindly made available by the ESCIRRU consortium. Financial support from a Thomas Holloway Research Scholarship is gratefully acknowledged. All remaining errors are mine.
Original Article
Benefit Generosity and the Income Effect on Labour Supply: Quasi-Experimental Evidence
Article first published online: 7 JAN 2013
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12006
© 2013 The Author(s). The Economic Journal © 2013 Royal Economic Society
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How to Cite
Danzer, A. M. (2013), Benefit Generosity and the Income Effect on Labour Supply: Quasi-Experimental Evidence. The Economic Journal. doi: 10.1111/ecoj.12006
Publication History
- Article first published online: 7 JAN 2013
- Accepted manuscript online: 6 OCT 2012 12:00AM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 27 AUG 2012
- Manuscript Received: 12 JUL 2011
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