Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice

Arbeitspapier

It is well known that individual's risk attitudes are related to behavioral outcomes such as smoking, portfolio decisions, and also educational attainment, but there is barely any evidence on whether parental attitudes affect the educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine whether parent's risk attitudes relate to children's secondary school track choice in Germany where tracking occurs at age ten and has a strong binding character. Our results indicate mainly no effects of paternal risk preferences but a strong negative impact of maternal risk aversion on children's enrollment in upper secondary school.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IAB-Discussion Paper ; No. 19/2010

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Education ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Thema: educational choice ; risk attitudes ; SOEP ; Eltern ; Risikopräferenz ; Kinder ; Bildungsverhalten ; Weiterführende Schule ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Heineck, Guido ; Wölfel, Oliver
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)
• (wo): Nürnberg
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57434
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ