MARRIED WOMENS HOURS AND PARTICIPATION REVISITED

Elasticity estimates are presented for participation and hours of work for a sample of married women in the Social Change and Economic Life Initiative (SCELI) 1986 data set. A logit model is used to estimate th e participation function and a tobit model is employed to estimate an hours of work equation. The results are in agreement with the evidence available for the UK. The own-wage hours of work elasticity is found to be relatively elastic, with negligible effects detected for non-lab our income and the husband or spouse's wage. The effects on participat ion of an unemployed husband or spouse were examined and found to have a strong negative effect.