Derobert, L. (2001). On the Genesis of the Canonical Labor Supply Model. *Journal of the History of Economic Thought,* *23*(2), 197-215. doi:10.1080/10427710120049228 On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 7:18 PM Steven Medema <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Maxime, > > > > Given that this was/is the standard approach for modeling labor supply > decisions at the individual level, it might be worthwhile to dive down the > labor econ rabbit hole. Mark Killingsworth’s big book, *Labor Supply* > (CUP 1983) might provide some clues about the history. I have a copy, but > it is in my office at the university. Perhaps I can remember this long > enough to check on Monday. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Steve > > > > Steven G. Medema, PhD > George Family Research Professor of Economics > Associate Director, Center for the History of Political Economy > Research Associate, School of Law > Duke University > > https://sites.duke.edu/sgmedema/ > > > > *From: *Societies for the History of Economics <[log in to unmask]> on behalf > of Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay <[log in to unmask]> > *Date: *Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 9:11 AM > *To: *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject: *[SHOE] Question on the history of neoclassical economics: who > first conceived of the consumption, leisure utility function? > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > I am hoping you could perhaps help me retrace the origins of the common > maximisation problem of *u(C, L)* function under the leisure-paid work > constraint. Who was the first to pose the consumption-leisure bundle of > goods? Who popularised the use of this model? > > > > Was it predated by a (consumption, time worked) bundle (where work is a > negative good)? > > I saw that Becker (1965) refers to the “the traditional labour-leisure > approach”. Marshall seems to make a big deal of the value of leisure, but I > did not find an explicit conceptualisation of this idea. Jevons seems to > connect utility to labour and commodities, but in the production side, not > as consumption of commodities and leisure. > > > > Any help on those questions would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Maxime > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > Dr Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay > > Senior Lecturer in Economics > Institute of Management Studies > Goldsmiths, University of London > New Cross, London SE14 6NW > UK > > http://desmarais-tremblay.com > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/desmarais-tremblay.com/__;!!OToaGQ!qZZRItBynCdfxnyJ9ZQGY7VOHjZZi_9AJxu0HhyOwti7SQpVBcDhZ5vemyxbBGCBwHs436vDP-x4ut0VpkSvSinFAo73ifM5Z0E$> > > Book Review Editor, *The European Journal of the History of Economic > Thought* > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/current__;!!OToaGQ!qZZRItBynCdfxnyJ9ZQGY7VOHjZZi_9AJxu0HhyOwti7SQpVBcDhZ5vemyxbBGCBwHs436vDP-x4ut0VpkSvSinFAo73FP1vCsk$> > > > > >