Risk attitude and wage growth: replicating Shaw (1996)

Santi Budria, Luis Diaz-Serrano, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Joop Hartog*

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Abstract

We replicate Shaw (J Labor Econ 14(4):626-653, 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 evidence that risk attitudes are relevant but support is mixed at best for the original specifications.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)981-1004
Number of pages24
JournalEmpirical Economics
Volume44
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Post-school investment
  • Risk
  • Wage growth

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