Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36186 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4439
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
Human capital
earnings function
risk
JEL: 
J31
D8
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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