fisheries -- Cross-country comparison of salary, employment and reasons for fishermen exit -- References …

approach is to compare behavior in Brazilian fishermen societies that differ along one major dimension: the workplace … organization. In one society (located by the sea) fishermen are forced to work in groups whereas in the adjacent society (located … on a lake) fishing is inherently an individual activity. We report sharp evidence that the sea fishermen trust and …

, thereby causing fishermen to exhibit different risk and time preferences than workers in other occupations. Using a structural … fishermen are found to be less risk-averse and more patient than others asserts the theoretical prediction about the influence …