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The Effect of Wealth on Individual and Household Labor Supply: Evidence from Swedish Lotteries
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for International Economic Studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5099-2584
Number of Authors: 42017 (English)In: The American Economic Review, ISSN 0002-8282, E-ISSN 1944-7981, Vol. 107, no 12, p. 3917-3946Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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We study the effect of wealth on labor supply using the randomized assignment of monetary prizes in a large sample of Swedish lottery players. Winning a lottery prize modestly reduces earnings, with the reduction being immediate, persistent, and quite similar by age, education, and sex. A calibrated dynamic model implies lifetime marginal propensities to earn out of unearned income from -0.17 at age 20 to -0.04 at age 60, and labor supply elasticities in the lower range of previously reported estimates. The earnings response is stronger for winners than their spouses, which is inconsistent with unitary household labor supply models.

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2017. Vol. 107, no 12, p. 3917-3946
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-152514DOI: 10.1257/aer.20151589ISI: 000419026500008OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-152514DiVA, id: diva2:1180930
Available from: 2018-02-07 Created: 2018-02-07 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved

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