More education, less volatility? The effect of education on earnings volatility over the life cycle
January 10, 2019
We look at male workers in the UK and use three different measures of earnings volatility – earnings variability (the individual-level standard deviation of earningswithin 5-year periods), the degree of earnings cyclicality (how sensitive earningsare to economic booms and busts), and the probability of experiencing a pay cut over a 5-year period.