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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 …
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Estimating changes in well-being across life : a realized vs. comprehensive income approach
Burkhauser, Richard V. - In: Horizontal equity, uncertainty, and economic well-being, (pp. 69-87). 1985
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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...
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Accounting for income changes over the Great Recession relative to previous recessions : the impact of taxes and transfers
Larrimore, Jeff; Burkhauser, Richard V.; Armour, Philip - In: National tax journal 68 (2015) 2, pp. 281-318
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Do wages really compensate for risk aversion and skewness affection?
Hartog, Joop; Vijverberg, Wim P. M. - 2002
the compensation paid. In particular, because the degree of risk aversion ought to decrease with income, people should …
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Do wages really compensate for risk aversion and skewness affection?
Hartog, Joop; Vijverberg, Wim P. M. - 2002
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Measuring labor earnings inequality using public-use march current population survey data : the value of including variances and cell means when imputing topcoded values
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Feng, Shuaizhang; Larrimore, Jeff - 2008
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Consolidating the evidence on income mobility in the Western states of Germany and the US from 1984 - 2006
Bayaz-Ozturk, Gulgun; Burkhauser, Richard V.; Couch, … - 2012
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Levels and trends in United States income and its distribution : a crosswalk from market income towards a comprehensive Haig-Simons income approach
Armour, Philip; Burkhauser, Richard V.; Larrimore, Jeff - 2013
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Accounting for income changes over the Great Recession (2007 - 2010) relative to previous recessions : the importance of taxes and transfers
Larrimore, Jeff; Burkhauser, Richard V.; Armour, Philip - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227424