TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jong,Philip de
AU  - Haveman,Robert
AU  - Wolfe,Barbara
TI  - Labor and Transfer Income and Older Women's Work:  Estimates From the United States
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 2728
PY  - 1988
Y2  - October 1988
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2728
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2728.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Robert Haveman
Department of Economics 7454 Social Sciences Build
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI   53706
Tel: 608-263-7398

Barbara L. Wolfe
1225 Observatory Dr
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: 608/263-2029
Fax: 608/265-3119
E-Mail: BWolfe@wisc.edu
M2  - featured in NBER digest on 1989-03-01
AB  - This paper deals with the effects of labor and transfer incomes as determinants of older women's labor force participation. It examines the responsiveness of women aged 48-62 to the level of income available from both work and public transfer programs when deciding between work and nonwork options. The main focus is on whether the availability and generosity of disability-related transfers affects the labor supply of these women. A maximum-likelihood model is estimated separately for heads of household and wives. The results suggest income opportunities have significant effect only on the work choices of wives. The responsiveness to the availability and generosity of public transfers is largest among older, disabled women who have low expected earnings.
ER  -