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It’s the Opportunity Cost, Stupid!How Self-Employment Responds to FinancialIncentives of Return, Risk and Skew
Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
wages given up as an employee.Information on income from self-employment is of inferior quality and this is not just … it is not only the location of an income distribution thatmatters and that dispersion and (a)symmetry should not be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009496228
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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur? : returns to cognitive and social ability : entrepreneurs versus employees
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762633
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If you are so smart, why arent́ you an entrepreneur? : returns to cognitive and social ability ; entrepreneurs versus employees
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008
generates a higher income, but only for entrepreneurs: This finding supports Lazear's Jack-of-all-Trades theory. -- (Non …-)cognitive abilities ; intelligence, earnings ; entrepreneur(ship) ; wage employment ; income differentials …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796310
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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur? Returns to cognitive and social ability : entrepreneurs versus employees
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003818349
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Nonparametric analysis of intergenerational income mobility with application to the United States
Bhattacharya, Debopam; Mazumder, Bhashkar - 2010 - Rev.
This paper concerns the problem of inferring the effects of covariates on intergenerational income mobility, i.e. on … of mobility- (i) traditional transition probability of movement across income quantiles over generations and (ii) a new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608250
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Human capital, trade liberalization and income risk
Krebs, Tom; Krishna, Pravin; Maloney, William F. - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003522018
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Parental income and children’s well-being and future success : an analysis of the SIPP matched to SSA earnings data
Mazumder, Bhashkar - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009155976
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It's the opportunity cost, stupid! : how self-employment responds to financial incentives of return, risk and skew
Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van - 2011
wages given up as an employee. Information on income from self-employment is of inferior quality and this is not just a … that it is not only the location of an income distribution that matters and that dispersion and (a)symmetry should not be …-employment ; wage-employment ; income distribution ; income risk ; income skew ; income variance ; occupational choice ; labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522492
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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur?
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008
generates a higher income, but only for entrepreneurs: This finding supports Lazear's Jack-of-all-Trades theory. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376647
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Earnings risk and demand for higher education
Hartog, Joop; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2002
We develop a simple human capital model for optimum schooling length when earnings are stochastic, and highlight the pivotal role of risk attitudes and the schooling gradient of earnings risk. We use Spanish data to document the gradient and to estimate individual response to earnings risk in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327826