variance of earnings of individual households. Specifications estimated are standard and quadratic ARCH and GARCH processes … impact on aggregate consumption growth implying that earnings uncertainty and precautionary saving motives matter for the … aggregate economy. The estimation of a buffer stock model of consumption with time-varying earnings uncertainty provides an …

questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2 …) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability, language ability) and social ability affect earnings of … entrepreneurs and employees differently?, and (3) Does the balance in these measured ability levels affect an individual's earnings …

differential social standing in adolescence predicts large and persistent earnings disparities over the entire life course. The … share of the earnings inequalities is mediated by differential post-secondary human and social capital investment. From a …