@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp10316, author={Jirjahn, Uwe and Chadi, Cornelia}, title={Risk Attitude and Nonmarital Birth}, year={2016}, month={Oct}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={10316}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10316}, 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}, }