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The economic security index: A new measure for research and policy analysis
Hacker, Jacob S.; Huber, Gregory Alain; Nichols, Austin; … - 2012
This paper presents the Economic Security Index (ESI), a new, more comprehensive measure of economic insecurity. By combining data from multiple surveys, we create an integrated measure of volatility in available household resources, accounting for fluctuations in income and out-of-pocket...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289981
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Here today, gone tomorrow? Regional labor mobility of German university graduates
Krabel, Stefan; Flöther, Choni - 2011
In this study we trace university graduates' labor mobility when entering the labor market after graduation. We examine … graduates as well as their field of study. Our analysis is based on a large-scale dataset of labor market mobility of … individuals who graduated from 36 German universities in 2007. Our results suggest that graduates are less likely to leave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286351
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Parental Risk Attitudes and Children's Secondary School Track Choice
Heineck, Guido; Wölfel, Oliver - 2010
It is well known that individuals' risk attitudes are related to behavioral outcomes such as smoking, portfolio decisions, and also educational attainment, but there is barely any evidence on whether parental risk attitudes affect the educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600986
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Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice
Heineck, Guido; Wölfel, Oliver - 2010
It is well known that individuals' risk attitudes are related to behavioral outcomes such as smoking, portfolio decisions, and also educational attainment, but there is barely any evidence on whether parental risk attitudes affect the educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274690
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Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice
Heineck, Guido; Wölfel, Oliver - 2010
It is well known that individual's risk attitudes are related to behavioral outcomes such as smoking, portfolio decisions, and also educational attainment, but there is barely any evidence on whether parental attitudes affect the educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286653
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Can we measure individual risk attitudes in a survey?
Ding, Xiaohao; Hartog, Joop; Sun, Yuze - 2010
We combine a survey and an experiment with real pay-out among Peking University students to measure and validate individual risk attitudes. The experiment involves choosing between a cash payment and playing a lottery. The survey questions ask for the reservation price of a hypothetical lottery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269679
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Risk attitude, beliefs, and information in a corruption game: An experimental analysis
Berninghaus, Siegfried K.; Haller, Sven; Krüger, Tyll; … - 2012
For our experiment on corruption, we designed a coordination game to model the influence of risk attitudes, beliefs, and information on behavioral choices and determined the equilibria. We observed that the participants' risk attitudes failed to explain their choices between corrupt and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291803
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Risk attitude in couples
Bacon, Philomena M.; Conte, Anna; Moffatt, Peter G. - 2012
The determinants of risk attitude in couples are explored using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel over the period 2004 to 2009. The focus of the analysis is the repeated responses to the survey question about general willingness to take risk. Responses to this question are provided on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291807
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The determinants of managerial decisions under risk
Kocher, Martin G.; Pogrebna, Ganna; Sutter, Matthias - 2008
In hierarchical organizations the role of a team leader often requires making decisions which do not necessarily coincide with the majority opinion of the team. However, these decisions are final and binding for all team members. We study experimentally why, and under which conditions, leaders...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293435
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Risk attitude, beliefs, and information in a corruption game: An experimental analysis
Berninghaus, Siegfried K.; Haller, Sven; Krüger, Tyll; … - 2010
For our experiment on corruption we designed a coordination game to model the influence of risk attitudes, beliefs, and information on behavioral choices and determined the equilibria. We observed that the participants' risk attitudes failed to explain their choices between corrupt and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301733