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Pitfalls in Including Current Earnings in Labour Market Choice Estimating Equations
Author(s) -
Le Anh T.,
Miller Paul W.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian economic papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1467-8454
pISSN - 0004-900X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8454.00031
Subject(s) - earnings , economics , differential (mechanical device) , econometrics , labour economics , accounting , engineering , aerospace engineering
This paper examines the conditions under which an empirical model of employment choice based on the differential in current earnings is an adequate specification when the theoretical model suggests the use of the difference in present values of the stream of lifetime earnings. The difference between the two approaches is shown to be variables for the growth rates of earnings in the employment states over which choice is being made.