Insurance-markets Equilibrium with Sequential
Non-convex Straight-time and Over-time Labor Supply
Insurance-markets Equilibrium with Sequential
Non-convex Straight-time and Over-time Labor Supply
Author(s): Aleksandar VasilevSubject(s): Economy, Financial Markets, Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: ASERS Publishing
Keywords: indivisible labor; straight time; overtime; sequential lotteries; insurance;
Summary/Abstract: This note describes the lottery - and insurance-market equilibrium in an economy with non-convex straight-time and overtime employment. In contrast to Hansen and Sargent (1988), the overtime-decision is a sequential one. This requires two separate insurance market to operate, one for straight-time work, and one for overtime. In addition, given that the labor choice for regular and overtime hours is made in succession, the insurance market for overtime needs to open once the insurance market has closed. This segmentation and sequentiality of insurance markets operation is a new result in the literature and a direct consequence of the sequential nature of the overtime labor decision.
Journal: Journal of Mathematical Economics and Finance
- Issue Year: IV/2018
- Issue No: 2(7)
- Page Range: 7-26
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF