Essays about: "David Jonason"

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  1. 1. Labor Supply of Stockholm Cab Drivers: Revisiting the Evidence

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : David Jonason; Joel Wållgren; [2013]
    Keywords : labor supply; income targeting; life-cycle model; wage elasticity;

    Abstract : In this paper, panel data on the hours worked and wage rates of taxicab drivers in the city of Stockholm are used to test two competing theories of labor supply: the standard neoclassical model, which predicts positive wage elasticity, and the target income model, which predicts negative wage elasticity. Particularly comprehensive and precise data sets allow us to revisit the evidence presented in recent literature that focuses on professions in which workers are free to set their own hours. READ MORE