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- Lex Borghans & Bart H. H. Golsteyn & James J. Heckman & Huub Meijers, 2009. "Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 7(2-3), pages 649-658, 04-05.
- Lex Borghans & Bart H.H. Golsteyn & James J. Heckman & Huub Meijers, 2009. "Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion," NBER Working Papers 14713, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Borghans, L. & Golsteyn, B.H.H. & Heckman, J. & Meijers, H.H.M., 2009. "Gender differences in risk aversion and ambiguity aversion," ROA Research Memorandum 005, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
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Keywords
risk aversion; ambiguity aversion; gender;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2009-02-22 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-ENT-2009-02-22 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-UPT-2009-02-22 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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