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dc.contributor.authorMazza, Jacopoen
dc.contributor.authorvan Ophem, Hansen
dc.contributor.authorHartog, Joopen
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-22-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-23T11:42:40Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-23T11:42:40Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201104133332en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/52039-
dc.description.abstractWe apply a recently proposed method to disentangle unobserved heterogeneity from risk in returns to education. We replicate the original study on US men and extend to US women, UK men and German men. Most original results are not robust. A college education cannot universally be considered an insurance against unpredictability of wages. One conclusion is unequivocally confirmed: uncertainty strongly dominates unobserved heterogeneity.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5531en
dc.subject.jelC01en
dc.subject.jelC33en
dc.subject.jelC34en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordwage inequalityen
dc.subject.keywordwage uncertaintyen
dc.subject.keywordunobserved heterogeneityen
dc.subject.keywordselectivityen
dc.subject.keywordeducationen
dc.subject.keywordreplicationen
dc.subject.stwLohndifferenzierungen
dc.subject.stwBildungsniveauen
dc.subject.stwBildungsertragen
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleUnobserved heterogeneity and risk in wage variance: Does schooling provide earnings insurance?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn664666892en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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