2018-06-01
Labour Supply Effects of Winning a Lottery
Publication
Publication
The Economic Journal , Volume 128 - Issue 611 p. 1700- 1729
Our article investigates how winning a substantial lottery prize affects labour supply. Analysing data from Dutch State Lottery winners, we find that winning a lottery prize reduces labour earnings in the year of the winning, as well as in the years after the winning. This suggests that winning a lottery prize makes one work fewer hours. The effects are small but statistically significant. We do not find a significant effect of lottery prizes on the probability of being employed.
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| doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12465, hdl.handle.net/1765/114579 | |
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| Organisation | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
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Picchio, M., Suetens, S. (Sigrid), & van Ours, J. (2018). Labour Supply Effects of Winning a Lottery. The Economic Journal, 128(611), 1700–1729. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12465 |
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