Wage risk and employment risk over the life cycle

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1432-1467

  Low, Hamish ^a,b   Meghir, Costas ^c,d   Pistaferri, Luigi ^e,f  

^a Faculty of Economics   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 77956969799     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.4.1432     Document Type: Article

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