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Nagl, Wolfgang
Better Safe than Sorry? The Effects of Income Risk, Unemployment Risk and the Interaction of these Risks on Wages
We examine whether income and unemployment risks are compensated by individual wages. Using a portfolio approach we show that the marginal income risk effect on wages is always positive whereas the marginal unemployment risk effect crucially depends on the income risk. The interaction effect between both risk measures is negative. Using administrative panel data from Germany we confirm the theoretically predicted signs for both risks and their interaction effect.
02-24
Ifo Working Paper No. 148
Publisher: Ifo Institut, Munich, 2012
Keywords: Income risk, unemployment risk, interaction effect, wages
JEL Classification:
[J300] Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General
[J310] Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
[J640] Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Article number: 12022012148000
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