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Gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes : experimental evidence from a matrilineal and a patrilineal society
Pondorfer, Andreas; Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Rehdanz, Katrin; … - 2014
We use a controlled experiment to analyze gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes about risk preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010402215
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A field study of Chinese migrant workers' attitudes toward risks, strategic uncertainty, and competitiveness
Hao, Li; Houser, Daniel; Mao, Lei; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2014
Using a field experiment in China, we study whether migration status is correlated with attitudes toward risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360288
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Risk, uncertainty and entrepreneurship : evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment
Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2014
perform a large "lab-in-the-field" experiment comparing entrepreneurs to managers - a suitable comparison group - and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010415523
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Risk, uncertainty and entrepreneurship : evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment
Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2014
perform a large "ab-in-the-field" experiment comparing entrepreneurs to managers - a suitable comparison group - and employees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418889
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Ethnicity and gender differences in risk, ambiguity attitude
Banerjee, Debosree - 2014
We analyze gender difference in risk and ambiguity attitude of subjects across two different ethnicities that differ in the degree of female empowerment. Santal is a patriarchal tribe and Khasi is a matrilineal tribe with men and women being the social head in their respective societies. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430778
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Estimating Ambiguity Preferences and Perceptions in Multiple Prior Models : Evidence from the Field
Dimmock, Stephen G. - 2016
We develop a tractable method to estimate multiple prior models of decision-making under ambiguity. In a representative sample of the U.S. population, we measure ambiguity attitudes in the gain and loss domains. We find that ambiguity aversion is common for uncertain events of moderate to high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013004629
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Ambiguity in Performance Pay : An Online Experiment
Cooper, David J. - 2016
Many incentive contracts are inherently ambiguous, lacking an explicit mapping between performance and pay. Using an … to do a real-effort task, the probability of completing the task, and performance at the task. Even modest levels of … ambiguity about the relationship between performance and pay are sufficient to eliminate the positive selection effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013007499
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An Experiment Evaluating the Impact of Large-Scale, High-Payoff Vaccine Regret Lotteries
Gandhi, Linnea; Milkman, Katherine L.; Ellis, Sean; … - 2021
We present a pre-registered experiment testing the effects of three, high-payoff (up to $50,000) vaccine regret …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214879
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The more you know : information effects on job application rates in a large field experiment
Gee, Laura K. - 2016
This paper presents the results from a 2.3 million person field experiment that varies whether or not a job seeker sees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581666
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Making marriages last : trust is good, but credible information is better
Thornton, Rebecca L.; Kohler, Hans-Peter - 2017
In high HIV-prevalence contexts, marriage can lead to significant risks through spousal behaviours. Yet, individuals cannot rely on their spouse to reveal their HIV status. Couples' HIV testing and counselling can provide spouses with credible information about each other's HIV status. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777034