Salience, Risky Choices and Gender
Alison Booth and
Patrick Nolen
No 659, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
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.
Keywords: gender; salience; risk-aversion; probability weights; cognitive ability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D8 D81 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-02
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