Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322950 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
U.S.E. Discussion Papers Series No. 16-09
Publisher: 
Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Economics, Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute, Utrecht
Abstract: 
Job mobility is inherently risky as workers have limited ex ante information about the quality of outside jobs. Using a large longitudinal Dutch dataset, which includes data on risk preferences elicited through (incentivized) experiments, we examine the relation between risk aversion and job mobility. The results for men show that risk averse workers are less likely to move to other jobs. For women, the evidence that risk aversion affects job mobility is weak. Our empirical findings indicate that the negative relation between risk aversion and job mobility is driven by the job acceptance rather than the search effort decision.
Subjects: 
Job mobility
risk aversion
job search
risk preferences
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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