Arbeitspapier
Risk aversion and reservation wages
This study examines the relationship between individual risk aversion and reservation wages using a novel set of direct measures of individual risk attitudes from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). We find that risk aversion has a significantly negative impact on the level of reservation wages. Moreover, we show that the elasticity of the reservation wage with respect to unemployment benefits is remarkably lower for risk-averse job seekers than for risk-loving job seekers. The results are consistent with an interpretation that risk-averse job seekers set their reservation wage levels sufficiently low, so that they accept almost every job offer.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2806
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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Arbeitsuche
Risikoaversion
Anspruchslohn
Risikopräferenz
Deutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Pannenberg, Markus
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2007
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080401241
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Pannenberg, Markus
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2007
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