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dc.contributor.author | Booth, Alison L. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Nolen, Patrick J. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-14 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-15T07:47:41Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-15T07:47:41Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.pi | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201206146846 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/58613 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Risk theories typically assume individuals make risky choices using probability weights that differ from objective probabilities. Recent theories suggest that probability weights vary depending on which portion of a risky environment is made salient. Using experimental data we show that salience affects young men and women differently, even after controlling for cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Men are significantly more likely than women to switch from a certain to a risky choice once the upside of winning is made salient, even though the expected value of the choice remains the same. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x6400 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D8 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D81 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J16 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | gender | en |
dc.subject.keyword | salience | en |
dc.subject.keyword | risk-aversion | en |
dc.subject.keyword | probability weights | en |
dc.subject.keyword | cognitive ability | en |
dc.subject.stw | Risikopräferenz | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kognition | en |
dc.subject.stw | Geschlecht | en |
dc.subject.stw | Test | en |
dc.title | Salience, risky choices and gender | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 715666754 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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