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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Structural Estimates: MaCurdy 1983 and Pencavel 2002<br />

MaCurdy (1983)<br />

Structural estimate using panel data for men and within-person wage<br />

variation<br />

Find both Frisch and compensated wage elasticity of around 0.15<br />

But wage variation is not exogenous<br />

Pencavel (2002)<br />

Instruments with trade balance interacted with schooling and age<br />

Frisch elasticity: 0.2<br />

Uncompensated wage elasticity: 0-0.2<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> ()<strong>Part</strong> 5: Income Taxation and Labor Supply 138 / 217

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