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This paper aims to measure differences in risk behavior among expert chess players. The study employs a panel data set … rating. In line with previous research, we find that women are more risk-averse than men. A novel finding is that males …
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This paper aims to measure differences in risk behavior among expert chess players. The study employs a panel data set … rating. In line with previous research, we find that women are more risk-averse than men. A novel finding is that males …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466448
supporting their students, this gender stereotyping is likely due to unconscious biases. …Academia, and economics in particular, faces increased scrutiny because of gender imbalance. This paper studies the job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177696
are too impatient to save and too risk averse to take the sort of chances needed to accumulate wealth. The empirical … the issues confounding previous analyses of the links between risk preferences and well-being. Our sample includes more … on risk preferences, we find little evidence of robust links between risk aversion and well-being. However, when we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274546
are too impatient to save and too risk averse to take the sort of chances needed to accumulate wealth. The empirical … the issues confounding previous analyses of the links between risk preferences and well-being. Our sample includes more … on risk preferences, we find little evidence of robust links between risk aversion and well-being. However, when we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683657
A large literature attempts to identify factors that contribute to gender differences in performance and in the …
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norms, including the promotion of gender equality in place of the Confucian view of female 'inferiority'. Market … consequence social norms gradually changed again. In our experiment we investigate gender differences in competitive choices … regimes outlined above. In particular we investigate gender differences in competitive choices for different birth cohorts in …
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Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a number of methodological issues and relevant influences on health. This paper investigates empirically whether neglecting these items leads to systematically different estimates....
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This paper contributes to the literature on public health communication by studying how the framing of a message relaying the forecast impact of COVID-19 prevention measures affects compliance behaviour amongst both the young and old. A representative sample of survey respondents in the UK and...
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elements in shaping gender differences in preferences. In fact, in matrilineal societies (Gong et al.; 2014; Gneezy et al …
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