Deriving the labour supply curve from happiness data

An alternative empirical method to estimating the labour supply function is proposed, based upon subjective wellbeing data. It potentially addresses limitations of the standard neo-classical approach by allowing workers’ observed hours worked to deviate from their utility maximising point.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dockery, Alfred Michael
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27963