Is there a Risk-Return Trade-off across Occupations? Evidence from Spain
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Risk-aversion; skewness affection; occupational choices; compensating wage differentials;All these keywords.
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- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
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