Serdar Ozkan

University of Toronto

105 St George Street

Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8

Canada

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Why Are the Wealthiest So Wealthy? A Longitudinal Empirical Investigation

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Why Are the Wealthiest So Wealthy? A Longitudinal Empirical Investigation

Number of pages: 111 Posted: 23 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2023
Serdar Ozkan, Joachim Hubmer, Sergio Salgado and Elin Halvorsen
University of Toronto, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Statistics Norway - Research Department
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Wealth inequality, life-cycle wealth dynamics, rate of return heterogeneity, bequests, saving rate heterogeneity

Why are the Wealthiest so Wealthy? A Longitudinal Empirical Investigation

CESifo Working Paper No. 10324
Number of pages: 114 Posted: 21 Mar 2023
Serdar Ozkan, Joachim Hubmer, Sergio Salgado and Elin Halvorsen
University of Toronto, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Statistics Norway - Research Department
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wealth inequality, lifecycle wealth dynamics, rate of return heterogeneity, bequests, saving rate heterogeneity

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What Do Data on Millions of U.S. Workers Reveal About Life-Cycle Earnings Dynamics?

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What Do Data on Millions of U.S. Workers Reveal About Life-Cycle Earnings Dynamics?

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 710
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 11 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2019
Fatih Guvenen, Fatih Karahan, Serdar Ozkan and Jae Song
University of Minnesota - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, University of Toronto and U.S. Social Security Administration
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earnings dynamics, higher-order earnings risk, kurtosis, skewness, non-Gaussian shocks, normal mixture

What Do Data on Millions of U.S. Workers Reveal About Life-Cycle Earnings Risk?

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 710
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 18 Aug 2015
Fatih Guvenen, Fatih Karahan, Serdar Ozkan and Jae Song
University of Minnesota - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, University of Toronto and U.S. Social Security Administration
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earnings dynamics, life-cycle earnings risk, nonparametric estimation, kurtosis, skewness, non-Gaussian shocks, normal mixture

What Do Data on Millions of U.S. Workers Reveal About Life-Cycle Earnings Risk?

NBER Working Paper No. w20913
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2023
Fatih Guvenen, Jae Song, Serdar Ozkan and Fatih Karahan
University of Minnesota - Department of Economics, U.S. Social Security Administration, University of Toronto and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Anatomy of Lifetime Earnings Inequality: Heterogeneity in Job Ladder Risk vs. Human Capital

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Anatomy of Lifetime Earnings Inequality: Heterogeneity in Job Ladder Risk vs. Human Capital

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2022-2
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 12 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2022
Fatih Karahan, Serdar Ozkan and Jae Song
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, University of Toronto and U.S. Social Security Administration
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Job ladder, human capital, search frictions, life-cycle earnings risk, lifetime income inequality, Pareto tails, heterogeneity

Anatomy of Lifetime Earnings Inequality: Heterogeneity in Job Ladder Risk vs. Human Capital

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 908, December 2019
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 02 Jan 2020
Fatih Karahan, Serdar Ozkan and Jae Song
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, University of Toronto and Government of the United States of America - Social Security Administration
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job ladder, inequality, Pareto tails

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On the Persistence of Income Shocks Over the Life Cycle: Evidence, Theory, and Implications Second Version

PIER Working Paper No. 11-030
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Sep 2011
Fatih Karahan and Serdar Ozkan
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and University of Toronto
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Idiosyncratic income risk, Incomplete markets models, Earnings persistence, Consumption insurance

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Earnings Dynamics and Its Intergenerational Transmission: Evidence from Norway

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Earnings Dynamics and Its Intergenerational Transmission: Evidence from Norway

Number of pages: 115 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2021
Elin Halvorsen, Serdar Ozkan and Sergio Salgado
Statistics Norway - Research Department, University of Toronto and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Earnings dynamics, income inequality, Pareto tails, heterogeneity, intergenerational mobility

Earnings Dynamics and its Intergenerational Transmission: Evidence from Norway

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2021-15
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 22 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Elin Halvorsen, Serdar Ozkan and Sergio Salgado
Statistics Norway - Research Department, University of Toronto and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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earnings dynamics, top income inequality, heterogeneity, intergenerational mobility

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On the Persistence of Income Shocks Over the Life Cycle: Evidence and Implications

PIER Working Paper No. 09-045
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2009
Fatih Karahan and Serdar Ozkan
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and University of Toronto
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Idiosyncratic income risk, Incomplete markets models, Earnings persistence, Consumption insurance

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On the Persistence of Income Shocks Over the Life Cycle: Evidence and Implications, Second Version

PIER Working Paper No. 10-012
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 07 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2010
Fatih Karahan and Serdar Ozkan
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and University of Toronto
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Idiosyncratic Income Risk, Incomplete Markets Models, Earnings Persistence, Consumption Insurance

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The Nature of Countercyclical Income Risk

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The Nature of Countercyclical Income Risk

FEDS Working Paper No. 2013-25
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 11 May 2013
Fatih Guvenen, Serdar Ozkan and Jae Song
University of Minnesota - Department of Economics, University of Toronto and U.S. Social Security Administration
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Countercyclical income risk, idiosyncratic labor income

The Nature of Countercyclical Income Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w18035
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 04 May 2012 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2022
Fatih Guvenen, Serdar Ozkan and Jae Song
University of Minnesota - Department of Economics, University of Toronto and U.S. Social Security Administration
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Taxation of Human Capital and Wage Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis

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Taxation of Human Capital and Wage Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w15526
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 24 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Fatih Guvenen, Burhanettin Kuruscu and Serdar Ozkan
University of Minnesota - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of Toronto
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Taxation of Human Capital and Wage Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis

FEDS Working Paper No. 2013-20
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 May 2017
Fatih Guvenen, Burhanettin Kuruscu and Serdar Ozkan
University of Minnesota - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of Toronto
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Dissecting Idiosyncratic Earnings Risk

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Dissecting Idiosyncratic Earnings Risk

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2022-24
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 22 Sep 2022
Elin Halvorsen, Hans Holter, Serdar Ozkan and Kjetil Storesletten
Statistics Norway - Research Department, University of Delaware, University of Toronto and University of Minnesota
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earnings dynamics, income shocks, insurance, wages, hours, higher-order earnings risk, skewness, kurtosis, machine learning

Dissecting Idiosyncratic Earnings Risk

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
Elin Halvorsen, Hans Aasnes Holter, Serdar Ozkan and Kjetil Storesletten
Statistics Norway - Research Department, University of Delaware - Economics, University of Toronto and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Earnings dynamics, Income shocks, Insurance, Wages, Hours, Higher-order earnings risk, Skewness, Kurtosis, Machine learning

Dissecting Idiosyncratic Earnings Risk

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15395
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 03 Nov 2020
Elin Halvorsen, Hans Holter, Serdar Ozkan and Kjetil Storesletten
Statistics Norway - Research Department, University of Oslo, University of Toronto and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Earnings Dynamics, Higher-order earnings risk, Hours, Income Shocks, Insurance, Kurtosis, Skewness, wages

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How Does Earnings Risk for Americans Change during Recessions?

FEDS Notes No. 2014-01-31-2 https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.0008
Posted: 16 Dec 2014
Serdar Ozkan
University of Toronto

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