Risk Attitude and Wage Growth: Replication and Reconstruction

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Risk Attitude and Wage Growth: Replication and Reconstruction

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Budria, Santiago () (University of Madeira)
Diaz-Serrano, Luis () (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada () (IAE Barcelona (CSIC))
Hartog, Joop () (University of Amsterdam)

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Abstract

We replicate Shaw (1996) who found that individual wage growth is higher for individuals with greater preference for risk taking. Expanding her dataset with more American observations and data for Germany, Spain and Italy, we find mixed support for the earlier results. We present and estimate a new model and find that in particular the wage level is sensitive to attitudes towards risk taking.

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J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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