Authors
Richard Blundell
CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
Thomas MaCurdy
Stanford University
Thomas is a Professor at Stanford University and an International Fellow of IFS. His research interests include the consequences and incentives of income transfer programs (e.g., welfare, Medicare, unemployment compensation), labour economics and health economics.
Book Chapter details
- Publisher
- December
Suggested citation
Blundell, R and MaCurdy, T. (2000). 'Labour supply: a review of alternative approaches' North Holland: December
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