published as 'Is there a risk-return trade-off in educational choices? Evidence from Spain' in: Investigaciones Economicas, 2006, 30 (2), 353-380
We use data from Spain to test for an effect of earnings risk and skewness on individual
wages. We carry out separate estimation for men, women, public and private sector
employees. In accordance with previous evidence for the US we show the existence of a riskreturn
trade-off across occupations in the Spanish labour market. These results are in
conformity with preferences of risk-averse individuals with decreasing absolute risk aversion.
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