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This paper discusses the formulation and estimation of life-cycle models of family labour supply. The focus of this research is on the development of economically rigorous econometrically tractable models that exploit the new wealth of longitudinal data that has become available in the United States.
This research was supported by NSF Grant SOC-77-27136 and a NIH Grant to the Economics Research Center/NORC.
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Heckman, J. (1983). A Life-cycle Model of Family Labour Supply. In: Weisbrod, B., Hughes, H. (eds) Human Resources, Employment and Development. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22741-9_17
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