Gender differentiation in risk-taking behaviorOn the relative risk aversion of single men and single women
Gender differentiation in risk-taking behavior
On the relative risk aversion of single men and single women
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11.2015Verlag / herausgebende Einrichtung
Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of BonnVerlagsort
BonnMetadaten
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We relate an observed difference between single men (SM) and single women (SW) in attitudes towards risk to the higher value assigned to social status by SM than by SW. In the marriage market, low status carries a harsher penalty for SM than for SW because when selecting a partner, the social status of a man is more important to a woman than the social status of a woman is to a man. Correlating social status with relative wealth, we show how intensified distaste at experiencing low relative wealth reduces relative risk aversion.
Schlagwörter
Risk-taking behavior, Gender-based difference in risk aversion, Relative wealth deprivation, Social status, Marriage market outcome
Klassifikation (DDC)
300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie 320 Politik 330 WirtschaftErstpublikation
https://www.zef.de/fileadmin/user_upload/zef_dp_206.pdfReihe, Nummer
ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy ; 206Stark, Oded; Zawojska, Ewa: Gender differentiation in risk-taking behavior : On the relative risk aversion of single men and single women. Bonn: Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, 2015. In: ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy, 206.
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year = 2015,
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volume = 206,
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