The taste for leisure, career choice, and the returns to education

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 99
Issue: 2
Pages: 353-356

Score contribution per author:

0.505 = (α=2.02 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We develop a simple methodology to estimate the returns to education despite heterogeneous labor/leisure preferences. The labor supply behavior of doctors and physician assistants is consistent with people choosing between the two careers based on differing tastes for leisure.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:2:p:353-356
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25