We explore the possibility that a systematic relationship exists between employment within a particular type of contract and risk preference. We exploit a set of proxies for risk preference, whereby some of the proxies capture risk loving behaviour (expenditure on gambling, smoking and alcohol)...

Economists have been somewhat remiss in dealing with the issue of workerabsence. This is surprising given the figures involved. In the year of the lastminers' strike, 27 million working days were lost as a result of strike activity, afigure which pales by comparison with the 375 million working...