Spending or saving?: female empowerment and financial decisions in a matrilineal society
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 141, S. 1-38
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In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 141, S. 1-38
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In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society
ISSN: 1468-0297
Abstract
We investigate whether experiencing a disability incidence in the household affects economic risk preferences in Vietnam, leveraging (i) ten years of individual-level panel data and (ii) data from a lab-in-the-field experiment. We find that individuals who experience a disability event in the household behave in a more risk-averse manner than individuals without such an experience. Examining potential underlying mechanisms, we demonstrate that a household disability shock leads to lower wealth, which in turn is related to higher levels of risk aversion. Furthermore, we provide evidence that cognitive mechanisms—fearful emotions and the updating of beliefs (becoming more pessimistic about the future)—are another, perhaps even more important channel through which disability shocks affect risk preferences.
In: The quarterly review of economics and finance, Band 80, S. 117-134
ISSN: 1062-9769