
handle: 11584/199242
Using new home production data for the United States, we estimate a model of structural transformation with a home production sector, allowing for both non-homotheticity of preferences and differential productivity growth in each sector. We report two main findings. First, the estimation results show that home services have a lower income elasticity than market services. Second, the slowdown in home labor productivity, which started in the late 70s, is a key determinant of the rise of market services. Our counterfactual experiment shows that, without the slowdown, the share of market services would have been lower by 7.5 percent in 2010. (JEL D13, J24, L16)
Household production; business-cycle; growth; models; substitution; fluctuations; allocation; market; trends; time, 2000 Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2000 Economics, Econometrics and Finance, General Economics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Household production; business-cycle; growth; models; substitution; fluctuations; allocation; market; trends; time, 2000 Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2000 Economics, Econometrics and Finance, General Economics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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