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abstract: 'Skill specificity is thought to increase preferences for social
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insurance (Iversen and Soskice, 2001, American Political Science Review
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95,875), especially where employment protections are low, notably the
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United States (Gingrich and Ansell, 2012, Comparative Political Studies
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45, 1624). The compensating differentials literature, by contrast,
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suggests that neither skill specificity, nor labor market protections
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affect preferences when wages adjust for differences in risks and
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investment costs. We examine these competing predictions using U.S. data
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on general and specific skills. Absolute and relative skill specificity
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have a robust positive correlation with income, but are negatively
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correlated with preferences for social protection. Our results strongly
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support the compensating differentials approach.'
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affiliation: 'Timmons, JF (Corresponding Author), IE Univ, IE Business Sch, Calle
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Alvarez de Baena 4,1, Madrid 28006, Spain.
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Timmons, Jeffrey F., IE Univ, Madrid 28006, Spain.'
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author: Timmons, Jeffrey F. and Nickelsburg, Jerry
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author-email: jeffrey.timmons@ie.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Timmons
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given: Jeffrey F.
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- family: Nickelsburg
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given: Jerry
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1111/ecpo.12043
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eissn: 1468-0343
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files: []
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issn: 0954-1985
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journal: ECONOMICS \& POLITICS
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keywords-plus: 'POLICY PREFERENCES; OCCUPATIONAL TITLES; REDISTRIBUTION; INEQUALITY;
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DICTIONARY; RETURNS; DEMAND; MARKET; RISKS; WAGES'
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language: English
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month: NOV
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '41'
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pages: 457-482
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papis_id: 91fde7e81ab6253bad3d483abf8cef85
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ref: Timmons2014dopeople
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times-cited: '0'
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title: DO PEOPLE WITH SPECIFIC SKILLS WANT MORE SOCIAL INSURANCE? NOT IN THE UNITED
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STATES
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000343869300005
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '16'
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volume: '26'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics; Political Science
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year: '2014'
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