Risk attitude and wage growth: replicating Shaw (1996)

We replicate Shaw (J Labor Econ 14(4):626-653, 1996) who found that individual wage growth is higher for individuals with greater preference for risk taking. Expanding her dataset with more American observations and data for Germany, Spain, and Italy, we find evidence that risk attitudes are relevan...

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Volume:	44
Main Author:	Budria, Santi Diaz Serrano, Luis Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada Hartog, Joop
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 2013 PHYSICA-VERLAG GMBH & CO Springer
published in:	Empirical economics Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 981 - 1004
Related:	Human Capital
ORCID:	0000-0001-9479-5091 0000-0001-8086-5941 0000-0001-5537-4059
Data of publication:	2013
ISSN:	0377-7332 1435-8921 1435-8921
EISSN:	1435-8921
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Bildungsertrag Lohnhöhe USA Deutschland Spanien Präferenz Risiko Investition Bildungsinvestition Italien class eco B Post-school investment Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance J30 Economic Theory Risk Econometrics J24 Wage growth Economics / Management Science Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Mathematical Methods In Social Sciences Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods Post-school investment EARNINGS RISK BEHAVIOR UNCERTAINTY Risk AVERSION Wage growth
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