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Self-selection bias in estimated wage premiums for earnings risk

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  • Joop Hartog
  • Wim Vijverberg

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  • Bas Jacobs & Joop Hartog & Wim Vijverberg, 2009. "Self-selection bias in estimated wage premiums for earnings risk," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 37(2), pages 271-286, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:empeco:v:37:y:2009:i:2:p:271-286
    DOI: 10.1007/s00181-008-0231-0
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    Keywords

    Wages; Earnings risk; Selectivity bias; J31; C24;
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    JEL classification:

    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • C24 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models; Threshold Regression Models

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