Childhood determinants of risk aversion: The long shadow of compulsory education

Quantitative Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-72

  Hryshko, Dmytro ^a   Luengo Prado, María José ^b   Sørensen, Bent E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational transmission; Preference formation; Schooling reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858957529     PISSN: 17597323     EISSN: 17597331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/QE2     Document Type: Article

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