exogenous risk and delegation. That is, we show that only if exogenous risk is sufficiently large, the risk-neutral principal … may prefer to delegate authority over decisions to the risk-averse agent. Intuitively, for incentive reasons, the … principal may optimally want to allow the agent to reduce his risk exposure. Nevertheless, even endogenous risk may be higher …

in the type of degree studied can explain an additional 8.4% of the male-female pay gap. Risk-augmented earnings …

We analyze the role of risk-sharing institutions in transitions to modern economies. Transitions requires individual …-level risk-taking in pursuing productivity-enhancing activities including using and developing new knowledge. Individual …-level, idiosyncratic risk implies that distinct risk-sharing institutions - even those providing the same level of insurance - can lead to …

In this paper we test for risk compensation in wages using Danish panel data. With the conviction that the type of … Danish population to calculate different measures of earnings risk by education. Our long panel data set also allows us to … components in wage compensation. We also experiment with new measures of earnings risk based on transitory intertemporal …

-occupancy propensities is driven by risk aversion, as it is assumed in most of the theoretical models, or on the contrary it is driven by … driven by households? risk aversion, while credit constraints play no role. …

pivotal role of risk attitudes and the schooling gradient of earnings risk. We use Spanish data to document the gradient and … to estimate individual response to earnings risk in deciding on attending university education, by measuring risk as the … risk aversion, the response may be reversed to positive. …

-Economic Panel (GSOEP) within individually perceived hazards of work accidents as a risk variable, evidence for compensating wage …

in levels of fatal risk. The paper contrasts VSL estimates from conventional analysis with the bounds obtained under this …