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Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015

This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...

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Ethnicity and gender differences in risk, ambiguity attitude

Banerjee, Debosree - 2014

We analyze gender difference in risk and ambiguity attitude of subjects across two different ethnicities that differ in … gender or ethnicity differences. …

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Gender differences in risk-taking : evidence from professional basketball

Böheim, René; Freudenthaler, Christoph; Lackner, Mario - 2016

We analyze gender differences in risk-taking in high-pressure situations. Using novel data from professional athletes …

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Gender differentiation in risk-taking behavior : on the relative risk aversion of single men and single women

Stark, Oded; Zawojska, Ewa - 2015

We relate an observed difference between single men (SM) and single women (SW) in attitudes towards risk to the higher value assigned to social status by SM than by SW. In the marriage market, low status carries a harsher penalty for SM than for SW because when selecting a partner, the social...

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Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk-Taking Among Children, Teenagers, and College Students : Evidence from Jeopardy!

Jetter, Michael - 2017

gender differences emerge with age and by gender of opponent. Our samples contain 186 children (aged 10–12), 310 teenagers … Daily Double wagering decisions. We identify no noticeable gender differences in our competitive measures throughout all … three samples, but this result changes when considering risk-taking. Although we identify no gender differences in wagering …

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Gender Differences in Risk-Taking : Evidence from Professional Basketball

Böheim, René - 2016

We analyze gender differences in risk-taking in high-pressure situations. Using novel data from professional athletes …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987683

Agricultural productivity in Burkina Faso : the role of gender and risk attitudes

Sepahvand, Mohammad H. - 2019 - Current version: February 2019

Burkina Faso need to be gender sensitized when addressing issues related to credit constraints, improved inputs, and policies …

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Gender differences in competitiveness and risk-taking among children, teenagers, and college students : evidence from Jeopardy!

Jetter, Michael; Walker, Jay K. - 2017

gender differences emerge with age and by gender of opponent. Our samples contain 186 children (aged 10-12), 310 teenagers … Daily Double wagering decisions. We identify no noticeable gender differences in our competitive measures throughout all … three samples, but this result changes when considering risk-taking. Although we identify no gender differences in wagering …

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Professional identity and the gender gap in risk-taking : evidence from a field experiment with scientists

Drupp, Moritz A.; Khadjavi, Menusch; Riekhof, … - 2017 - This version: April 19, 2017

The gender gap in risk-taking is often used to explain differences in labor market outcomes. Some studies, however …, suggest that this gender gap does not extend to professional contexts. This paper examines potential drivers of the gender gap … posits that individuals form multiple identities that moderate behavior across contexts. In an online field experiment with …

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School Environment and Risk Preferences : Experimental Evidence

Eckel, Catherine C.; Grossman, Philip J.; Johnson, … - 2014

Using a field experiment eliciting the risk preferences of 490 9th and 11th grade students from a variety of school … considered by economists (gender, ethnicity, height, and parental education) we also evaluate cognitive (proxied by math literacy …

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