Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20626 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1355
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We use data from Spain to test for an effect of earnings risk and skewness on individual wages. We carry out separate estimation for men, women, public and private sector employees. In accordance with previous evidence for the US we show the existence of a riskreturn trade-off across occupations in the Spanish labour market. These results are in conformity with preferences of risk-averse individuals with decreasing absolute risk aversion.
Subjects: 
risk-aversion
skewness affection
occupational choices
compensating wage differentials
JEL: 
D8
J3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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