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in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …-employment and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment … states. The gender differential in the transition rates is decomposed using a novel extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca technique …
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in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …-employment and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment … states. The gender differential in the transition rates is decomposed using a novel extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca technique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014201519
Unter Experten für Geldanlagen und Finanzprodukte geht man davon aus, dass Frauen risikoscheu sind und in sichere Anlageprodukte investieren. Eine aktuelle Studie des DIW Berlin stellt dies in Frage. Sie zeigt, dass die Wahrscheinlichkeit, Geld riskant anzulegen, für Frauen und Männer gleich...
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remains significant at conventional levels. We carry out the same exercise for patience and document no significant gender …
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understanding. Thoroughly surveying the experimental literature we first find that gender differences are less ubiquitous than … power of the test and show that the magnitude of gender differences, although significant, is economically unimportant. We … conclude that gender differences systematically correlate with the features of the elicitation method used and in particular …
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Loss aversion can occur in riskless and risky choices. Yet, there is no evidence whether people who are loss averse in riskless choices are also loss averse in risky choices. We measure individual-level loss aversion in riskless choices in an endowment effect experiment by eliciting both WTA and...
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We study risk aversion and prudence in medical treatment decisions. In a laboratory experiment, we investigate the frequency and intensity of second- and third-order risk preferences, as well as the effect of the medical decision context. Risk preferences are assessed through treatment...
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risk aversion coefficient. While the exact pattern of this house-money adjustment differs by gender, it is not possible to … determine the sign of this gender effect unambiguously. In any case, it is advisable to include credible controls for the house …
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Loss aversion can occur in riskless and risky choices. Yet, there is no evidence whether people who are loss averse in riskless choices are also loss averse in risky choices. We measure individual-level loss aversion in riskless choices in an endowment effect experiment by eliciting both WTA and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316870
include gender, age, income, extraversion, and neuroticism. Overall, we find causal evidence that the linguistic uncertainty …
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