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This paper analyses the relation between individual migrations and the risk attitudes of other household members when … migration is a household decision. We develop a simple model that implies that which member migrates depends on the distribution … of risk attitudes among all household members, and that the risk diversification gain to other household members may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011625338
This paper analyses the relation between individual migrations and the risk attitudes of other household members when … migration is a household decision. We develop a simple model that implies that which member migrates depends on the distribution … of risk attitudes among all household members, and that the risk diversification gain to other household members may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946718
their choice has an externality on third parties. One typical application is a household. We run an experiment in the German … household member, but shy away from exposing others to risk. We model the situation, and we find four distinct types of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011957498
their choice has an externality on third parties. One typical application is a household. We run an experiment in the German … household member, but shy away from exposing others to risk. We model the situation, and we find four distinct types of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977828
Why are better educated and more risk-friendly persons more mobile across regions? To answer this question, we use micro data on internal migrants from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 2000-2006 and merge this information with a unique proxy for region-pair-specific cultural distances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681257
Why are better educated and more risk-friendly persons more mobile across regions? To answer this question, we use micro data on internal migrants from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 2000–2006 and merge this information with a unique proxy for region-pair-specific cultural distances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097335
Why are better educated and more risk-friendly persons more mobile across regions? To answer this question, we use micro data on internal migrants from the German Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP) 2000-2006 and merge this information with a unique proxy for region-pair-specific cultural distances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099712
Why are better educated and more risk-friendly persons more mobile across regions? To answer this question, we use micro data on internal migrants from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 2000-2006 and merge this information with a unique proxy for region-pair-specific cultural distances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100274
Why are better educated and more risk-friendly persons more mobile across regions? To answer this question, we use micro data on internal migrants from the German Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP) 2000 - 2006 and merge this information with a unique proxy for region-pair-specific cultural distances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010213486
Geographic mobility is important for the functioning of labor markets because it brings labor resources to where they can be most efficiently used. It has long been hypothesized that individuals' migration propensities depend on their attitudes towards risk, but the empirical evidence, to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317190