Artikel
Gender differences in risk attitudes
Many experimental studies and surveys have shown that women consistently display more risk-averse behavior than men when confronted with decisions involving risk. These differences in risk preferences, when combined with gender differences in other behavioral traits, such as fondness for competition, have been used to explain important phenomena in labor and financial markets. Recent evidence has challenged this consensus, however, finding gender differences in risk attitudes to be smaller than previously thought and showing greater heterogeneity of results depending on the method used to measure risk aversion.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2016 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior
Distribution: General
- Thema
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risk aversion
gender gap
risk elicitation methods
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Filippin, Antonio
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
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2016
- DOI
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doi:10.15185/izawol.100
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Artikel
Beteiligte
- Filippin, Antonio
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2016