These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Orazio Attanasio (University College London)

Friday, January 4, 10:15 AM

Friday, January 4, 10:15 AM
Session: Inferring Labor Income Risk from Economic Choices: New Developments (AEA)
Presiding: Richard Blundell (University College London)

Separating Heterogeneity from Uncertainty in an Incomplete-Market Economy
Flavio Cunha (University of Chicago)
James Heckman (University of Chicago)
Salvador Navarro (University of Wisconsin at Madison)

Inferring Labor Income Risk from Economic Choices: An Indirect Inference Approach
Fatih Guvenen (University of Texas at Austin)
Anthony Smith (Yale University)

Income Risk and Consumption Inequality: The Role of Market Structure, Labour Supply and Durables
Orazio Attanasio (University College London)
Richard Blundell (University College London)


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