Parental Risk Attitudes and Children's Secondary School Track Choice

Autor/inn/en	Wolfel, Oliver; Heineck, Guido
Titel	Parental Risk Attitudes and Children's Secondary School Track Choice
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 31 (2012) 5, S.727-743 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.05.004
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Students; Educational Attainment; Parent Attitudes; Risk; Track System (Education); Parent Student Relationship; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschüler; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternverhalten; Risiko; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	Although it is well-known that individuals' risk attitudes are related to behavioral outcomes such as smoking, portfolio decisions, and educational attainment, there is virtually no evidence of whether parental risk attitudes affect the educational attainment of their dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children's secondary school track choice in Germany where tracking occurs at age ten and has a strong binding character. Using risk indicators for different domains, we mainly find evidence of an inverse relation between parental risk aversion and children's secondary school track, with some heterogeneity depending on whether parents' risk willingness is modeled separately or jointly, by child gender, or by the risk measure used. (Contains 11 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10