A Risk Augmented Mincer Earnings Equation? Taking Stock

65 Pages Posted: 15 Oct 2009

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Joop Hartog

University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB); Tinbergen Institute; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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メ information on benefits from education.

Keywords: human capital, earnings function, risk

JEL Classification: J31, D8

Suggested Citation

Hartog, Joop, A Risk Augmented Mincer Earnings Equation? Taking Stock. IZA Discussion Paper No. 4439, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1489262 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1489262

Joop Hartog (Contact Author)

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