TY  - JOUR
AU  - Borjas,George J.
AU  - Mincer,Jacob
TI  - The Distribution of Earnings Profiles in Longitudinal Data
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 143
PY  - 1976
Y2  - July 1976
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0143
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0143.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
George J. Borjas
Harvard Kennedy School
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617/495-1393
Fax: 617/495-9532
E-Mail: gborjas@harvard.edu

Jacob Mincer
E-Mail: N/A user is deceased
AB  - We take advantage of our longitudinal data to explore individual variation in the parameters of individual earnings functions. (1) For this purpose we fit an earnings function to each of the individual histories in the sample.(2) We then try to ascertain the extent to which the estimated variation in individual parameters helps in explaining the cross-sectional variation in earnings.(3) we further inquire into the relation between the individual parameters and a vector of personal characteristics, as well as(4) into indirect (via variables and parameters) and direct effects of these characteristics on earnings.
ER  -