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Title: Human Capital Values and Returns: Bounds Implied by Earnings and Asset Returns Data

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: We provide theory for calculating bounds on both the value of an individuals human capital and the return on an individuals human capital, given knowledge of the process governing earnings and financial asset returns. We calculate bounds using U.S. data on male earnings and financial asset returns. The large idiosyncratic component of earnings risk implies that bounds on values and returns are quite loose. However, when aggregate shocks are the only source of earnings risk, both bounds are tight.

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Authors: Huggett, Mark; Kaplan, Greg

Periodical (Full): Journal of Economic Theory

Issue: 3

Volume: 146

Pages: 897-919

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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