variance of exam grades is higher and that starting wages are lower if the skew is higher: employers shift quality risk to new …

This paper proposes that risk aversion encourages individuals to invest in balanced skill profiles, making them more … the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills on the likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship. Data on Dutch … university graduates provides evidence which supports this contention. It thereby raises the possibility that even risk …

stereotype of risk averse and less competitive older employees. …

sizable effect of risk on accumulation and pronounced interactions between wealth and risk. The presented evidence is …