Why do workers buy lottery tickets? A note on gambling, labour contracts and the utility of leisure
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Workers; Gambling; Leisure;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
- N81 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-UPT-2021-02-01 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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