Sorting, incentives and risk preferences: Evidence from a field experiment

Charles Bellemare () and Bruce Shearer

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 108, issue 3, 345-348

Abstract: We conducted experiments within a firm to measure the risk preferences of workers who face substantial daily income risk. We find that these workers are significantly more risk-tolerant than individuals from the broader population. This is consistent with sorting: risk-tolerant workers are attracted to high-risk occupations.

Keywords: Risk; aversion; Sorting; Incentive; contracts; Field; experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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Working Paper: Sorting, Incentives and Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment (2006)
Working Paper: Sorting, Incentives and Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment (2006)
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