Risk Attitude and Nonmarital Birth

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.

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Jirjahn, Uwe ; Struewing, Cornelia
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	risk attitude \| out-of-partnership birth \| cohabiting birth

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 10316
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	875040209 [GVK] hdl:10419/149175 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10316 [RePEc]
Classification:	D10 - Household Behavior and Family Economics. General ; J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Source:	EconStor

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