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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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Gender differences in risk attitudes are frequently observed, although recent literature has shown that they are … affects risk attitudes. The presence of a riskless alternative does not entirely explain the gender gap but it has a … determinants of gender differences in risk attitudes. …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053437
understanding. Thoroughly surveying the literature we first find that gender differences are less ubiquitous than usually depicted … we 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 the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014148140
possible outcome reporting bias using gender differences in risk attitudes. There is a strong consensus view in the …, however, does not support the consensus: only a tiny fraction of the replications displays gender differences. This striking … outcome reporting bias in the risk and gender literature. We find no evidence that the likelihood of reporting about gender …
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stability ; experimental validation ; fiel experiment ; SOEP ; gender differences ; age ; height ; subjective well-being … questions and a representative sample of roughly 22,000 individuals living in Germany. Using a question that asks about … the behavioral relevance of this survey measure by conducting a complementary field experiment, based on a representative …
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questions and a representative sample of roughly 22,000 individuals living in Germany. Using a question that asks about … the behavioral relevance of this survey measure by conducting a complementary field experiment, based on a representative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318309
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a spouse's health shock on own risk attitudes. A spouse's health shock (i.e., the occurrence of a severe disease) can influence own expectations about the probability of falling ill. Moreover, an indisposition of the spouse, which may...
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The determinants of risk attitude in couples are explored using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel over the period 2004 to 2009. The focus of the analysis is the repeated responses to the survey question about general willingness to take risk. Responses to this question are provided on a...
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countries, our results goes in the same direction as previous literature from Germany. That is risk attitudes are transmitted … this socialization decreases when we control for parents risk attitudes. Third, since there are strong gender roles in … dominated risk domains. This gives support for the gender-specific role model hypothesis in terms of risk attitudes. …
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