A Note on Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Further Evidence from German Survey Data

Christian Pfeifer ()

No 3523, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using the large-scale German Socio-Economic Panel, this note reports direct empirical evidence for significant correlations between risk aversion and labour market outcomes (full-time employment, temporary agency work, fixed-term contracts, employer change, quits, training, wages, and job satisfaction).

Keywords: human capital; job search; employment; risk aversion; wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J01 J24 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2008-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-lab and nep-upt
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Published - published as "Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from German Survey Data" in: Empirical Economics Letters, 2009, 8(3)

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