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
Other Persons:	Struewing, Cornelia (contributor)
Publisher:	[2016]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Risikopräferenz \| Risk attitude \| Fertilität \| Fertility \| Nichteheliche Kinder \| Non-marital children \| Theorie \| Theory

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (12 p)
Series:	IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 10316
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2861101 [DOI]
Classification:	D10 - Household Behavior and Family Economics. General ; J12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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