Learning and Work Hybrid Seminars, Maastricht University, SBE, Autumn 2024

Our regular Tuesday hybrid seminar series (from 12:00 to 13:00, onsite and also via zoom) features researchers from different disciplines, with focuses on both academic and policy issues.

L&W hybrid seminar organizers

Raymond Montizaan: r.montizaan@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Katarina Wessling: k.wessling@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Steffen Künn: s.kuenn@maastrichtuniversity.nl

  • Upcoming seminars 2024

    When: September 17
    Time: 12h00 – 13h00
    Where: TS53: room C-1.03 / Zoom

    Presenter: Jan Feld (Victoria University of Wellington)
    Title: On the Generalizability of Sex-Differences in Risk Attitudes.

    Abstract: Sex-differences in risk attitudes are often treated as universal. I test whether this treatment is justified by analyzing 64 measures of risk attitudes which cover over 525,000 people in 120 countries. I analyze my rich dataset using meta-analysis methods. These methods allow me to correct for sampling error and estimate the percentage of countries in which men are more willing to take risks. My results suggest that sex-differences in risk attitudes are not universal but depend on the measure used. According to general self-assessment questions and lotteries in the gain domain, men appear to be more willing to take risks in nearly all countries. However, according to lottery measures in the loss domain, there are no clear sex differences in risk attitudes. I also see larger sex-differences in rich and gender-equal countries. My results suggest that the academic literature leads to a distorted picture, because it disproportionately relies on measures and samples in which sex-differences in risk attitudes bigger and more consistent.


    Oktober 1: Silke Anger (IAB) - CANCELLED 
    Oktober 8: Harm-Jan Rouwendal (University of Groningen) 
    Oktober 15: Eoghan O'Connell (MILE)
    Oktober 22: Eric Bonsang (Dauphine PSL)
    Oktober 29: Leonie Wicht (IAB)
    November 5: tba
    November 12: tba
    November 19: tba
    November 26: Milena Nikolova (University of Groningen)
    December 3: tba
    December 10: Henning Hermes (Ifo, Munich)
    December 17: Nicholas Ziebarth (ZEW, Mannheim)


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Previous seminars

    September 12: Apprentices, Robots, or both? Automation Technologies and initial workplace training - Caroline Neuber-Pohl (BIBB)
    September 3: Unlocking Equal Opportunities - Social inequality in university enrollment and how it can be reduced - Marita Jacob (University of Cologne) 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
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