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Labor Supply Elasticities

Overcoming Nonclassical Measurement Error Using More Accurate Hours Data

Garry F. Barrett and Daniel S. Hamermesh
Journal of Human Resources, January 2019, 54 (1) 255-265; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.1.1216.8407R1
Garry F. Barrett
Garry Barrett is a professor of economics at the University of Sydney, School of Economics and a research fellow at IZA
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Daniel S. Hamermesh
Daniel Hamermesh is Distinguished Scholar at Barnard College, professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin and Royal Holloway, University of London, and research associate, IZA and NBER
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vol. 54 no. 1 255-265
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.1.1216.8407R1
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Received December 1, 2016
  • Accepted June 1, 2017
  • Published online January 11, 2019.

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  1. Garry F. Barrett (garry.barrett{at}sydney.edu.au) and
  2. Daniel S. Hamermesh (hamermes{at}austin.utexas.edu)
  1. Garry Barrett is a professor of economics at the University of Sydney, School of Economics and a research fellow at IZA
  2. Daniel Hamermesh is Distinguished Scholar at Barnard College, professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin and Royal Holloway, University of London, and research associate, IZA and NBER
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