Native-migrant differences in risk attitudes

被引：45

作者：

Bonin, Holger ^{[5
]}

Constant, Amelie ^{[3
,4
]}

Tatsiramos, Konstantinos

Zimmermann, Klaus F. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bonn, IZA, DIW Berlin, D-53072 Bonn, Germany

[2] Free Univ Berlin, IZA, D-53072 Bonn, Germany

[3] Georgetown Univ, IZA, Washington, DC 20006 USA

[4] DIW DC, Washington, DC 20006 USA

[5] ZEW, IZA, D-68034 Mannheim, Germany

来源：

APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2009年 / 16卷 / 15期

关键词：

EARNINGS; AVERSION;

D O I：

10.1080/13504850701578926

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This article questions the perceived wisdom that migrants are more risk-loving than the native population. We employ a new large German survey of direct individual risk measures to find that first-generation migrants have lower risk attitudes than natives, which only equalize in the second generation.

引用

页码：1581 / 1586

页数：6

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