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


Christian Pfeifer


Leuphana University; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3523

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).

Number of Pages in PDF File: 13

Keywords: employment, job search, human capital, risk aversion, wages

JEL Classification: J01, J24, J64

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Date posted: June 5, 2008  

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Pfeifer, Christian, A Note on Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Further Evidence from German Survey Data. , Vol. , pp. -, . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1139913 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0042-7092.2007.00700.x

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Christian Pfeifer (Contact Author)
Leuphana University ( email )
Scharnhorststrasse 1
Lüneburg, 21335
Germany
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) ( email )
P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany
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