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Gender differentiation in risk-taking behavior : on the relative risk aversion of single men and single women
Stark, Oded; Zawojska, Ewa - 2015
We relate an observed difference between single men (SM) and single women (SW) in attitudes towards risk to the higher value assigned to social status by SM than by SW. In the marriage market, low status carries a harsher penalty for SM than for SW because when selecting a partner, the social...
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Gender differentiation in risk-taking behavior : on the relative risk aversion of single men and single women
Stark, Oded; Zawojska, Ewa - In: Economics letters 137 (2015), pp. 83-87
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436247
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Gender differentiation in risk-taking behavior : On the relative risk aversion of single men and single women
Stark, Oded; Zawojska, Ewa - 2015
We relate an observed difference between single men (SM) and single women (SW) in attitudes towards risk to the higher value assigned to social status by SM than by SW. In the marriage market, low status carries a harsher penalty for SM than for SW because when selecting a partner, the social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379120
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On the demand for grandchildren : tied transfers and the demonstration effect
Cox, Donald; Stark, Oded - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002085529
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On the demand for grandchildren : tied transfers and the demonstration effect
Cox, Donald (contributor); Stark, Oded (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002361167
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On the demand for grandchildren : tied transfers and the demonstration effect
Cox, Donald; Stark, Oded - 2004
transfers to their own parents in order to instill appropriate preferences in their children. This generates a derived demand … for grandchildren since potential grandparents will be treated better by their adult children if the latter have their own … children to whom to demonstrate the appropriate behavior. Empirical work, based on waves 1 and 2 of the National Survey of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009728981
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On the demand for grandchildren : tied transfers and the demonstration effect
Cox, Donald; Stark, Oded - In: Handbook on the economics of happiness, (pp. 365-403). 2007
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On the demand for grandchildren : tied transfers and the demonstration effect
Cox, Donald; Stark, Oded - In: Journal of public economics 89 (2005) 9/10, pp. 1665-1697
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Gender differentiation in intergenerational care-giving and migration choices
Stark, Oded; Cukrowska-Torzewska, Ewa - 2018
We weave together care-giving, gender, and migration. We hypothesize that daughters who are mothers have a stronger … incentive than sons who are fathers to demonstrate to their children the appropriate way of caring for one's parents. The reason … costly to care for parents if they live nearby, daughters with children do not move as far away from the parental home as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814121
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Gender differentiation in intergenerational care-giving and migration choices
Stark, Oded; Curkowska-Torzewska, Ewa - 2018
We weave together care-giving, gender, and migration. We hypothesize that daughters who are mothers have a stronger … incentive than sons who are fathers to demonstrate to their children the appropriate way of caring for one's parents. The reason … costly to care for parents if they live nearby, daughters with children do not move as far away from the parental home as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790812