Do Students Expect Compensation for Wage Risk?

Autor/inn/en	Schweri, Juerg; Hartog, Joop; Wolter, Stefan C.
Titel	Do Students Expect Compensation for Wage Risk?
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 30 (2011) 2, S.215-227 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.12.001
Schlagwörter	Students; Expectation; Wages; Risk; Compensation (Remuneration); Foreign Countries; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Expectancy; Erwartung; Wage; Löhne; Risiko; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Ausland; Schweiz
Abstract	We use a unique data set about the wage distribution that Swiss students expect for themselves ex ante, deriving parametric and non-parametric measures to capture expected wage risk. These wage risk measures are unfettered by heterogeneity which handicapped the use of actual market wage dispersion as risk measure in earlier studies. Students in our sample anticipate that the market provides compensation for risk, as has been established with risk augmented Mincer earnings equations estimated on market data: higher wage risk for educational groups is associated with higher mean wages. With observations on risk as expected by students we find compensation at similar elasticities as observed in market data. The results are robust to different specifications and estimation models. (Contains 5 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10