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SUMMARY:Development and political economy seminar - Yogita Shamdasani
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DESCRIPTION:We posit that labor supply is not a function of stable preferen
 ces for leisure\, but rather is also determined by one's past habituation t
 o work. In existing data\, we show that exogenously induced transitory chan
 ges in labor supply increase supply in subsequent days - indicating that th
 e inter-temporal labor supply elasticity can actually be positive\, rather 
 than negative. To further examine this phenomenon\, we undertake a field ex
 periment with casual urban stand workers in Chennai\, India\, where appeara
 nce at the stand in the morning provides a revealed preference measure of l
 abor supply. We randomly provide some workers incentives for attendance ove
 r 2 months (phase 1)\, and examine persistence after incentives are removed
  for another 2 months (phase 2). We find that a 23% increase in labor suppl
 y in phase 1 generates a persistent 16% increase in supply in phase 2 - lea
 ding to a 22% increase in employment found at the stand. These findings hav
 e relevance for understanding the reasons for irregular work attendance and
  high worker turnover in formal firms\, which impede the transition to form
 al work in this setting. They also suggest that the effects of unemployment
  spells may go beyond income loss: unemployment itself can lower a worker's
  productivity - offering a potential justification for the "unemployment sc
 ar'' phenomenon documented in the labor literature\, where employers prefer
  not to hire workers out of unemployment. Overall\, they suggest that "work
  ethic" is an endogenous feature of human capital stock.\\n\\nContact: Timo
 thée Demont : timothee.demont[at]univ-amu.frHabiba Djebbari : habiba.djeb
 bari[at]univ-amu.fr\n\nPlus d'informations: https://amse-aixmarseille.fr/fr
 /evenements/yogita-shamdasani
LOCATION:Îlot Bernard du Bois - Salle 21\, AMU - AMSE\, 5-9 boulevard Maur
 ice Bourdet\, 13001 Marseille
URL;VALUE=URI:https://amse-aixmarseille.fr/fr/evenements/yogita-shamdasani
CONTACT:Timothée Demont :&nbsp\;timothee.demont[at]univ-amu.frHabiba Djebb
 ari : habiba.djebbari[at]univ-amu.fr
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