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

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Pfeifer, Christian () (University of Hannover)

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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).

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 3523.

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

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J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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