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In this paper we present and confront the expected outcome of an increase in risk on the regional or sectoral allocation of labor force and employment. The basic frameworks are the benchmark dualistic scenarios. A single-input analysis of a homogeneous product economy is provided. Uncertainty is...

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Risk preference and child labour : econometric evidence

Frempong, Raymond Boadi; Stadelmann, David - 2020

The literature suggests that the household invests in the human capital of a child member not only for altruistic reasons but also as insurance against future income shocks. Hence, the allocation of the child's time between school and work is a function of the risk preference of the household...

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Chapter 24. Risk Sharing Between Households

Fafchamps, Marcel - In: Handbook of social economics : volume 1, (pp. 1255-1279). 2011

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Can altruism lead to a willingness to take risks?

Stark, Oded - 2023

study is needed because it is unclear how altruism influences the inclination of an altruistic person to take risks. Will … ability to make altruistic transfers? Or does altruism induce a person to resort to risky behavior because the reward for a … averse than a comparable person who is not altruistic: altruism is a cause of greater willingness to take risks. The finding …

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