wage inequality due to differences in the mean and dispersion of wages between matched and mismatched workers. Chapter 4 … permanent component of earnings risk is compensated by higher wages while transitory risks are associated with a wage penalty … compensation in wages: Firstly, compensation for earnings risk is considerably higher for less risk averse workers. Secondly, the …

control, while we do not find any relationship in the case of specific training. Actual post-training wages for those who …

control, while we do not find any relationship in the case of specific training. Actual post-training wages for those who …

We estimate gender differences in elicited wage expectations among German University students applying for STEM and non …-STEM fields. Descriptively, women expect to earn less than men and also have lower expectations about wages of average graduates … own expected wages can be explained to the extent of 54-69% by wage expectations for average graduates across different …

higher education. The expected return to education in terms of wages also affects educational decisions significantly. A …