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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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This paper explores the relationship between risk attitude and asset diversification in household portfolios. We first examine the impact of manifested risk aversion on the total number of distinct assets held in a portfolio (naive diversification). The second part of the paper focuses on a more...
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This paper explores the relationship between risk attitude and asset diversification in household portfolios. We first examine the impact of manifested risk aversion on the total number of distinct assets held in a portfolio (naive diversification). The second part of the paper focuses on a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216457
This study appraises the role of gender in the behavior of individuals who make risky investments. The analysis bases … studies, I find no evidence for gender differences. Males and females exhibit similar levels of risk propensity and their …
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We use data from a major peer-to-peer lending marketplace in China to study whether female and male investors evaluate loan performance differently. Controlling for variables of investor demographics, investor experience, and loan characteristics, we find that loans invested by female investors...
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the stock market decreases. On the other hand, monetary policy is gender-neutral for stock market participants: there are …
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potential driver of gender wealth inequality, since women are known to be more risk averse, less financially literate, and to … exclusively affects stock market participation of women, we do not observe any gender difference in the active investment behavior … potential distributional effects of monetary policy across gender. Investment plans that would explicitly target female …
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risks. The empirical evidence we provide only weakly supports the gender differences argument. We find that women are less … are found to allocate equal shares of their wealth to risky assets. -- Gender ; risk aversion ; financial behavior …
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We investigate gender-specific local biases among investors in the German equity crowdfunding market. Based on data … gender-related homophily, to the effect that female investors favour ventures with female top management team members. Thus …
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Smith, Suchaneck, and Williams (1988) framework show marked gender difference in producing speculative price bubbles. Using …
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