Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149175 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10316
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
risk attitude
out-of-partnership birth
cohabiting birth
JEL: 
D10
J12
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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