TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kahn,Shulamit
AU  - Lang,Kevin
TI  - The Effects of Hours Constraints on Labor Supply Estimates
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 2647
PY  - 1988
Y2  - July 1988
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2647
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2647.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Shulamit Kahn
Boston University
School of Management
595 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA  02215
Tel: 617-353-4299
Fax: 617-353-6667
E-Mail: skahn@bu.edu

Kevin Lang
Department of Economics
Boston University
270 Bay State Road
Boston, MA  02215
Tel: 617/353-5694
Fax: 617/353-4001
E-Mail: lang@bu.edu
AB  - Almost all labor supply models are estimated under the assumption that workers are free to choose their hours. However, theory, casual empiricism and survey data suggest that many workers are not free to vary the hours within a job. Consequently, labor supply estimates based on actual hours of work may be biased. Using Canadian data on desired hours of work, we find that using actual hours causes labor supply estimates to be biased upwards but the bias is small.
ER  -