Gender Differences in Risk-Taking and Sensation-Seeking Behavior: Empirical Evidence from “ExtremeSports”

Bernd Frick ()
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Bernd Frick: Paderborn University

De Economist, 2021, vol. 169, issue 1, No 2, 5-20

Abstract: Abstract Do men and women differ with respect to sensation-seeking behavior, an extreme form of risk preferences? In this paper, I use data from two different high-risk sports—cliff diving and free diving—to test for possible differences between the genders. My findings suggest that, first, women are under-represented in both sports, but that, second, for those who self-select into these occupations, no differences with respect to sensation-seeking behavior can be found between men and women.

Keywords: Risk preferences; Sensation-seeking; Gender differences; Self-selection; Extreme sports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J24 J29 J49 Z20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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