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Growth-Rate Heterogeneity and the Covariance Structure of Life-Cycle Earnings
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Using U.S. panel data on adult males, I compare the "profile heterogeneity model" of earnings dynamics, in which the earnings/experience profile varies across individuals, to a competing model in which earnings "has a unit root." The latter specification enjoys increasing popularity among researchers. My analysis questions this favor, suggesting the profile heterogeneity model provides a more consistent representation of the data. I also provide new estimates of the variation in earnings growth rates. Previous evidence is from relatively unrepresentative samples. Individuals one standard deviation above the mean enjoy a 20%-30% earnings advantage in just 10 years.
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- Authors
- Baker, M.
- Venue
- Journal of Labor Economics
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1997-04
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 338-375
- ISSN
- 0734-306X (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5307
- OpenAlex
- W2056955524
- Cited by
- 353
- References
- 14
- FWCI
- 14.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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