Download This PaperRisk Attitude and Nonmarital Birth
12 Pages Posted: 31 Oct 2016 Last revised: 10 Aug 2022
Abstract
Using data of adult women from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find that risk tolerance is associated with a higher probability of an out-of-partnership birth. In contrast, we find no association between risk tolerance and the probability of a cohabiting birth.
Keywords: out-of-partnership birth, cohabiting birth, risk attitude
JEL Classification: D10, J12, J13
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Jirjahn, Uwe and Struewing, Cornelia, Risk Attitude and Nonmarital Birth. IZA Discussion Paper No. 10316, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2861101
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