%0 Report %A Jirjahn, Uwe %A Chadi, Cornelia %T Risk Attitude and Nonmarital Birth %D 2016 %8 2016 Oct %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 10316 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10316 %X 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. %K out-of-partnership birth %K cohabiting birth %K risk attitude