Chapter 4 A Risk Augmented Mincer Earnings Equation? Taking Stock
ISBN: 978-1-78052-332-3, eISBN: 978-1-78052-333-0
Publication date: 26 September 2011
Abstract
We survey the literature on the Risk Augmented Mincer equation that seeks to estimate the compensation for uncertainty in the future wage to be earned after completing an education. There is wide empirical support for the predicted positive effect of wage variance and the negative effect of wage skew. We discuss robustness of the findings across specifications, potential bias from unobserved heterogeneity and selectivity and consider the core issue of students' information on benefits from education.
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Citation
Hartog, J. (2011), "Chapter 4 A Risk Augmented Mincer Earnings Equation? Taking Stock", Polachek, S.W. and Tatsiramos, K. (Ed.) Research in Labor Economics (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 33), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 129-173. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0147-9121(2011)0000033007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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