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We estimate a dynamic model of female labor supply and human capital accumulation using unique panel data from the UK. We allow returns to work experience to differ by level of education and also allow for differential experience effects of part-time and full-time employment. We use the model to examine the gender gap in earnings and to assess the impact of reforms to tax credits and to welfare benefits on human capital investments and labor supply. We also use direct measures of training to explore the potential role of training in off-setting human capital depreciation and enhancing life-cycle earnings.
This presentation was given at the American Economics Association (AEA) and Allied Social Scientice Associations (ASSA) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia in January 2018.
Authors
![Richard Blundell](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-03/Richard%20Blundell%20Head.jpg?itok=ow7e9OkA)
CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
![Costas Meghir](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Costas%20Meghir.jpg?itok=_N-Qaly5)
Research Fellow Yale University
Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.
![Monica Costa Dias](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Monica_Costa_Dias.jpg?itok=bX66ysrB)
Deputy Research Director
Monica is a Deputy Research Director and Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol, with an interest in Labour, Family and Public Economics.
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Michael Webb
Presentation details
- DOI
- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0508
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Blundell, R et al. (2018). 'Labor Supply, Human Capital Investment and Welfare Reform' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/labor-supply-human-capital-investment-and-welfare-reform (accessed: 13 January 2025).
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