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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 social preferences and the intensity of risk aversion
Stark, Oded - 2019
We study the relative risk aversion of an individual with particular social preferences: his wellbeing is influenced by his relative wealth, and by how concerned he is about having low relative wealth. Holding constant the individual's absolute wealth, we obtain two results. First, if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022782
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On social preferences and the intensity of risk aversion
Stark, Oded - 2018
We study the relative risk aversion of an individual with particular social preferences: his wellbeing is influenced by his relative wealth, and by how concerned he is about having low relative wealth. Holding constant the individual's absolute wealth, we obtain two results. First, if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011857949
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On social preferences and the intensity of risk aversion
Stark, Oded - 2018
We study the relative risk aversion of an individual with particular social preferences: his wellbeing is influenced by his relative wealth, and by how concerned he is about having low relative wealth. Holding constant the individual's absolute wealth, we obtain two results. First, if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011847777
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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/10011383356
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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/10011383056
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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/10011404301
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On social preferences and the intensity of risk aversion
Stark, Oded - 2018
We study the relative risk aversion of an individual with particular social preferences: his wellbeing is influenced by his relative wealth, and by how concerned he is about having low relative wealth. Holding constant the individual's absolute wealth, we obtain two results. First, if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011963547
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On Social Preferences and the Intensity of Risk Aversion
Stark, Oded - 2019
We study the relative risk aversion of an individual with particular social preferences: his wellbeing is influenced by his relative wealth, and by how concerned he is about having low relative wealth. Holding constant the individual's absolute wealth, we obtain two results. First, if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059153
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Migration in LDCs: Risk, Remittances, and the Family
Stark, Oded - In: Finance and Development 28 (1991) 4, pp. 39-41
laborers. But recent research indicates that portfolio investment theory might hold the key to understanding why people migrate … in developing economies and how and why they remit their earnings. Under this theory, migration decisions are ordered by … and his colleagues, attempts to explain migrant behavior in light of portfolio investment theory applied to field studies …
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