Publication Type

Working Paper

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

8-2009

Abstract

This paper provides structural estimates of heterogeneous returns to work experience for Japanese married women. A dynamic model of labor force participation is used to account for dynamic selfselection into employment. Heterogeneity is incorporated into the model in a way that allows for the multidimensional skill heterogeneity in employment and home production and for the individual-specific slope and curvature of experience effect on earnings. The structural estimates and their comparison to the reduced-form estimates highlight the importance of dynamic self-selection into employment and heterogeneity in returns to work experience.

Discipline

Labor Economics

Research Areas

Applied Microeconomics

First Page

1

Last Page

25

Publisher

SMU Economics and Statistics Working Paper Series, No. 10-2009

City or Country

Singapore

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