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490 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6298
Insurance versus Savings for the Poor: Why One Should Offer Either Both or None
Andreas Landmann, Björn Vollan, Markus Frölich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6200
Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship
Chihmao Hsieh, Simon C. Parker, Mirjam C. van Praag
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6166
It's the Opportunity Cost, Stupid! How Self-Employment Responds to Financial Incentives of Return, Risk and Skew
Peter Berkhout, Joop Hartog, Mirjam C. van Praag
published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 40 (2), 249-268
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6133
Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?
Alison L. Booth, Lina Marcela Cardona Sosa, Patrick J. Nolen
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 99, 126-154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6125
Decomposing Changes in Income Risk Using Consumption Data
Richard Blundell, Hamish Low, Ian Preston
published in: Quantitative Economics, 2013, 4 (1), 1–37
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6060
Private Information, Human Capital, and Optimal "Home Bias" in Financial Markets
Isaac Ehrlich, Jong Kook Shin, Yong Yin
published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2011, 5 (3), 255-301
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5920
Xenophobic Attacks, Migration Intentions and Networks: Evidence from the South of Africa
Guido Friebel, Juan Miguel Gallego, Mariapia Mendola
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 555-591
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5862
Chicken or Checkin'? Rational Learning in Repeated Chess Games
Christer Gerdes, Patrik Gränsmark, Michael Rosholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5848
Where to Put the Kids? Effects of Type of Non-parental Child Care on Pre-teen Skills and Risky Behavior
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Marianne Simonsen
short version published as 'The effects of type of non-parental child care on pre-teen skills and risky behavior' in: Economics Letters 2012, 116, 622-625
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5813
Theft and Deterrence
William T. Harbaugh, Naci Mocan, Michael S. Visser
published in Journal of Labor Research, 2013, 34(4), 389-407
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5790
Searching for the Entrepreneurial Personality: New Evidence and Avenues for Further Research
Marco Caliendo, Alexander S. Kritikos
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33 (2), 319-324
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5757
Mobility, Taxation and Welfare
Sami Bibi, Jean-Yves Duclos, Abdelkrim Araar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5715
Portability of Pension, Health, and Other Social Benefits: Facts, Concepts, Issues
Robert Holzmann, Johannes Koettl
published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2015, 61 (2), 377– 415,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5714
Do They Understand the Benefits from Education? Evidence on Dutch High School Students’ Earnings Expectations
Jacopo Mazza, Joop Hartog
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5714
Do They Understand the Benefits from Education? Evidence on Dutch High School Students’ Earnings Expectations
Jacopo Mazza, Joop Hartog
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5653
Debt Portfolios
Thomas Hintermaier, Winfried Koeniger
revised version published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2016, 8 (4), 103-141
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5598
Risk, Institutions and Growth: Why England and Not China?
Avner Greif, Murat Iyigun, Diego Sasson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5575
Experts in Experiments: How Selection Matters for Estimated Distributions of Risk Preferences
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, Arthur van Soest, Erik Wengström
revised version published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2011, 42 (2), 159–190
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5566
Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed
Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2014, 42 (4), 787-814
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5488
Is There Selection Bias in Laboratory Experiments? The Case of Social and Risk Preferences
Blair L. Cleave, Nikos Nikiforakis, Robert Slonim
published in: Experimental Economics, 2013, 16 (3) 372-382
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