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Incentive effects on risk attitude in small probability prospects
Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Vieider, Ferdinand M.; Villeval, … - 2009
prospects in a laboratory experiment. Under low stakes, we find the typical risk seeking behavior for small probabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277023
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How to Combine the Entry of Young People in the Labour Market with the Retention of Older Workers?
Eichhorst, Werner; Boeri, Tito; De Coen, An; Galasso, … - 2013
This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both groups. The evidence collected shows that there is no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329042
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The Role of Coresidency with Adult Children in the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Older Men and Women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged – rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352240
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The Role of Coresidency with Adult Children in the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Older Men and Women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged – rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884100
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How to Combine the Entry of Young People in the Labour Market with the Retention of Older Workers?
Eichhorst, Werner; Boeri, Tito; De Coen, An; Galasso, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both groups. The evidence collected shows that there is no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960106
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Evaluating Intergenerational Persistence of Economic Preferences: A Large Scale Experiment with Families in Bangladesh
Chowdhury, Shyamal; Sutter, Matthias; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018
Economic preferences – like time, risk and social preferences – have been shown to be very influential for real-life outcomes, such as educational achievements, labor market outcomes, or health status. We contribute to the recent literature that has examined how and when economic preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816609
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Economic Preferences across Generations and Family Clusters: A Large-Scale Experiment
Chowdhury, Shyamal; Sutter, Matthias; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020
market success. We present a holistic view of how economic preferences are related within families. In an experiment with 544 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270129
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Higher Order Risk Preferences: New Experimental Measures, Determinants and Field Behavior
Schneider, Sebastian; Sutter, Matthias - 2020
We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322445
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Does economic uncertainty affect the decision to bear children? Evidence from East and West Germany
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2005
of uncertainty measures based on GSOEP data from Eastern (and for comparison purposes also Western) Germany for the years … Eastern Germany during its transition than in Western Germany and had a highly nonlinear effect on the probability of a birth … uncertainty in East Germany in the transition could have contributed significantly to the sharp fall and unusually low level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267449
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Does Economic Uncertainty Affect the Decision to Bear Children? Evidence from East and West Germany
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
of uncertainty measures based on GSOEP data from Eastern (and for comparison purposes also Western) Germany for the years … Eastern Germany during its transition than in Western Germany and had a highly nonlinear effect on the probability of a birth … uncertainty in East Germany in the transition could have contributed significantly to the sharp fall and unusually low level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822407