L'offre de travail des femmes mariées en Suisse
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik / Revue Suisse d'Economie politique et de Statistique / Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Volume 130, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 475-492
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine the principle components of the married women''s labour supply in Switzerland. The analysis is based on a static microeconomic model of labour supply inspired by HECKMAN''s model (1976) with linear functions. The model adds up to a dichotomic system of simultaneous equations. It distinguishes two cases defined by the participation choice. In order to estimate this model we apply HECKMAN''s two stage method to cross-section data. The data was taken from the study E.S.P.A. Globally, the results of the estimations confirm the intuition.