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Employees whose incomes have a variable component should exhibit lower risk aversion than fixed-income earners. This hypothesis is tested on 258 individuals interviewed in Italy, aged between 25 and 40 in the course of face-to-face-interviews. We find that the probability of being a variable income earner decreases with risk-aversion. Further, we investigate the link between risk preferences and job insecurity and find that women in temporary jobs are more risk averse than women in permanent ones.