Transmission of risk preferences from mothers to daughters

We study the transmission of risk attitudes in a unique survey of mothers and children in which both participated in an incentivized risk preference elicitation task. We document that risk preferences are correlated between mothers and children when the children are just 7–8 years old. This correlat...

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Main Authors: Alan, S, Baydar, N, Boneva, T, Crossley, T, Ertac, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016