Measuring how risk tradeoffs adjust with income

DOI10.1007/S11166-009-9085-XzbMath1201.91090OpenAlexW3122268056MaRDI QIDQ610717

V. Kerry Smith, Mary F. Evans

Publication date: 10 December 2010

Published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/w15372.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

risk aversionlabor supplyconsumption commitmentvalue of a statistical life

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Manpower systems in sociology (91D35)

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