Separating uncertainty from heterogeneity in life cycle earnings:

"This paper develops and applies a method for decomposing cross section variability of earnings into components that are forecastable at the time students decide to go to college (heterogeneity) and components that are unforecastable. About 60% of variability in returns to schooling is forecast...

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Hauptverfasser: Cunha, Flávio (VerfasserIn), Heckman, James J. 1944- (VerfasserIn), Navarro, Salvador (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2005
Schriftenreihe:National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 11024
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Zusammenfassung:"This paper develops and applies a method for decomposing cross section variability of earnings into components that are forecastable at the time students decide to go to college (heterogeneity) and components that are unforecastable. About 60% of variability in returns to schooling is forecastable. This has important implications for using measured variability to price risk and predict college attendance"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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