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The Evolution of Labor Earnings Risk in the US Economy

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Flavio Cunha () (Department of Economics University of Chicago)
James Heckman

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In this paper we build on the Cunha, Heckman and Navarro (2005) and show that labor earnings risk has increased considerably over time and it has increased more for lower skill groups than higher skill groups

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Paper provided by Society for Economic Dynamics in its series 2006 Meeting Papers with number 665.

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Keywords: risk; heterogeneity;

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C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data
D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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  1. Flavio Cunha & James J. Heckman, 2006. "A New Framework for the Analysis of Inequality," NBER Working Papers 12505, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Giorgio E. Primiceri & Thijs van Rens, 2007. "Heterogeneous Life-Cycle Profiles, Income Risk and Consumption Inequality," IZA Discussion Papers 3239, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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