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Earnings Variability

Earnings Variability is a construct in labor economics that refers to the degree of fluctuation in an individual worker's income over time under piece-rate compensation systems, distinguished by its dependence on variable output quantities rather than fixed time-based wages.

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364

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240

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2017–2026

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An analysis of intertemporal and cross-sectional determinants of earnings response coefficients

Daniel W. Collins, S.P. Kothari · Journal of Accounting and Economics · 1989 · 1.8K citations

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Does Income Smoothing Improve Earnings Informativeness?

Jennifer Wu Tucker, Paul Zarowin · The Accounting Review · 2006 · 842 citations

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The Growth of Earnings Instability in the U.S. Labor Market

Peter Gottschalk, Robert Moffitt, Lawrence F. Katz et al. · Brookings Papers on Economic Activity · 1994 · 776 citations · Full text

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Firming Up Inequality*

Jae Song, David J. Price, Fatih Guvenen et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2018 · 645 citations · Full text

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Firing Costs and Capital Structure Decisions

Matthew Serfling · The Journal of Finance · 2016 · 616 citations

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Authors

364

  1. PG
    Peter Gottschalk

    Boston College, United States

    10 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. RM
    Robert Moffitt

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

    9

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  3. JS
    Jae Song

    United States Social Security Administration, United States

    5 publications · 814 citations

    5

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  4. JS
    John Sabelhaus

    Federal Reserve Board of Governors, United States

    4 publications · 169 citations

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  5. DW
    Douglas W. Elmendorf

    Federal Reserve Board of Governors, United States

    4 publications · 434 citations

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Institutions

240

  1. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    898 citations

  2. New York University

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    866 citations

  5. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    522 citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    471 citations

  8. University of Essex

    Colchester, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 36 publications · 1.7K citations

    21

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  2. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 11 publications · 321 citations

    10

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  3. Journal of Business Finance &amp Accounting

    6 publications · 629 citations

    6

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  4. The Economic Journal

    6 publications · 402 citations

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  5. Journal of Accounting Research

    JAR · 5 publications · 730 citations

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