Earning Motivation and The Conventional Earning Function

Raden Purnagunawan ()

No 200805, Working Papers in Economics and Development Studies (WoPEDS) from Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University

Abstract: People have different motivation for having a paid job, and this might came from different expectation, value and also gender roles. Nevertheless, most analysis of earning determinant has neglected this possibility. Using data from Household, Income and Labour Dynamics (HILDA) in Australia in 2001 and 2004, this paper investigates the structure of human capital earning equation and its stability after controlling for earning motivation. The results suggest that some measure of earning motivation have effects. However, even after controlling for earning motivation, the returns to schooling and experience do not change significantly. This suggests that the conventional earning function is stable and robust with respect to the influences of earning motivation.

Keywords: return to education; earning motivation; wage; HILDA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 J24 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2008-09, Revised 2008-09
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