Robust estimation of wage dispersion with censored data: An application to occupational earnings risk and risk attitudes

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We present a semiparametric method to estimate group-level dispersion, which is particularly effective in the presence of censored data. We apply this procedure to obtain measures of occupation-specific wage dispersion using top-coded administrative wage data from the German IAB Employment Sample (IABS). We then relate these robust measures of earnings risk to the risk attitudes of individuals working in these occupations. We find that willingness to take risk is positively correlated with the wage dispersion of an individual's occupation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ECONtribute Discussion Paper ; No. 028

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models; Threshold Regression Models ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
• Subject: Dispersion estimation ; Earnings risk ; Censoring ; Quantile regression ; Occupational choice ; Sorting ; Risk preferences ; SOEP ; IABS

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pollmann, Daniel ; Dohmen, Thomas ; Palm, Franz C.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI)
• (where): Bonn and Cologne
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/225540
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET