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The evolution of inequality, heterogeneity and uncertainty in labor earnings in the US economy
Cunha, Flávio (contributor); Heckman, James J. (contributor) - 2007
A large empirical literature documents a rise in wage inequality in the American economy. It is silent on whether the increase in inequality is due to greater heterogeneity in the components of earnings that are predictable by agents or whether it is due to greater uncertainty faced by agents....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561658
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The evolution of inequality, heterogeneity and uncertainty in labor earnings in the US economy
Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J. - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003574360
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Decomposing trends in inequality in earnings into forecastable and uncertain components
Cunha, Flávio; Heckman, James J. - In: Journal of labor economics 34 (2016) 2, pp. 31-65
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664522
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The Evolution of Inequality, Heterogeneity and Uncertainty in Labor Earnings in the U.S. Economy
Cunha, Flavio - 2007
A large empirical literature documents a rise in wage inequality in the American economy. It is silent on whether the increase in inequality is due to greater heterogeneity in the components of earnings that are predictable by agents or whether it is due to greater uncertainty faced by agents....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465120
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The Evolution of Inequality, Heterogeneity and Uncertainty in Labor Earnings in the U.S. Economy
Cunha, Flávio - 2009
A large empirical literature documents a rise in wage inequality in the American economy. It is silent on whether the increase in inequality is due to greater heterogeneity in the components of earnings that are predictable by agents or whether it is due to greater uncertainty faced by agents....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012721105
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The Evolution of Inequality, Heterogeneity and Uncertainty in Labor Earnings in the U.S. Economy
Cunha, Flávio - 2007
A large empirical literature documents a rise in wage inequality in the American economy. It is silent on whether the increase in inequality is due to greater heterogeneity in the components of earnings that are predictable by agents or whether it is due to greater uncertainty faced by agents....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775740
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Heckman, James J.; … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 7 (2009) 2-3, pp. 649-658
This paper demonstrates gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. It also contributes to a growing … of cognition. Women are more risk-averse than men. Over an initial range, women require no further compensation for the … as men. Psychological variables account for some of the interpersonal variation in risk aversion. They explain none of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004992809
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A New Framework for the Analysis of Inequality
Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
This paper presents a new framework for analyzing inequality that moves beyond the anonymity postulate. We estimate the determinants of sectoral choice and the joint distributions of outcomes across sectors. We determine which components of realized earnings variability are due to uncertainty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005089211
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
This paper demonstrates gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. It also contributes to a growing … of cognition. Women are more risk averse than men. Over an initial range, women require no further compensation for the … as men. Psychological variables account for some of the interpersonal variation in risk aversion. They explain none of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005084452
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart; Heckman, James J.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper demonstrates gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. It also contributes to a growing … of cognition. Women are more risk averse than men. Over an initial range, women require no further compensation for the … as men. Psychological variables account for some of the interpersonal variation in risk aversion. They explain none of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015500