Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice

Guido Heineck and Oliver Wölfel
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Oliver Wölfel: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 201019, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "It is well known that individuals' 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 parents' 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." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Auswirkungen; Determinanten; Eltern; Risikobereitschaft; Schulwahl; Sekundarbereich; 2004-2004 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2010
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Published in/as: Economics of Education Review, Vol. 31, No. 5 (2012), S. 727-743, doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.05.004

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