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Does an individual男女操逼视频软件檚 willingness to take risks when it comes to general life decisions impact whether they decide to have children?
This is the question that Dyson economics student Hanyu Li 男女操逼视频软件23 has set out to answer. While much academic research has studied the relationship between general risk tolerance and financial decisions, there is significantly less around risk tolerance and fertility decisions; in other words, whether a person男女操逼视频软件檚 overall appetite for risk affects if they decide to have children.
男女操逼视频软件淭his particular question is not heavily researched男女操逼视频软件 people tend to study the impact of income on fertility or risk preferences on financial decisions but not risk preferences on fertility,男女操逼视频软件 says Hanyu.
Collaborating with her faculty mentor, Dyson Assistant Professor of Economics Mary Kaltenberg, PhD, the duo first began to tackle this question while Hanyu was enrolled in Kaltenberg男女操逼视频软件檚 Economics 585: Applied Econometrics, a master男女操逼视频软件檚 level econometric course. Hanyu, despite being an undergraduate, excelled in the course and wished to continue her research, which she was able to do through the Office of the Provost男女操逼视频软件檚 Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Award
At the outset, Hanyu and Kaltenberg stressed it was important that their work examines having children within an economics framework, as opposed to analyzing through a biological or sociological lens.
男女操逼视频软件淚n the field of economics and fertility, having children is thought of utility maximizing behavior, like good consumption,男女操逼视频软件 says Hanyu. 男女操逼视频软件淯tility maximizing behavior just means that you try to attain the highest level of satisfaction from your economic decisions男女操逼视频软件攍ike buying things, or even having children. In our research, we modeled children as a financial instrument.男女操逼视频软件
From this framework, Hanyu hypothesized that having children could be more preferred amongst risk-averse individuals; reasoning that children (exhausted parents might argue this) contribute to overall utility, and act as a bulwark against other, constantly fluctuating forms of utility like vacations or fancy cookware.
男女操逼视频软件淚n that way, we can think of children as an insurance mechanism,男女操逼视频软件 she notes. 男女操逼视频软件淲hen you have uncertainty in consumption, there will be fluctuation in your utility. Children can act as an insurance to hedge against that.男女操逼视频软件
With Kaltenberg signed on as the Principal Investigator, Hanyu began her analysis, which currently involves a literature review as well as analyzing data sets, including a very helpful data set from a German institute. Kaltenberg noted that often it can be difficult for undergraduate students to obtain strong data and was impressed with Li男女操逼视频软件檚 drive in seeking out and attaining this particular data set.
男女操逼视频软件淗anyu found a German individual-level panel data. What that means is that you男女操逼视频软件檙e able to follow people over time, and it has a lot of information about individuals that is usually hard to get access to,男女操逼视频软件 said Kaltenberg. 男女操逼视频软件淲hat男女操逼视频软件檚 unique about the data set is that it男女操逼视频软件檚 really trying to understand you, your person, your level of risk. It asks a series of questions that tries to associate your level of risk tolerance in different domains. It could be that the two are still very correlated.男女操逼视频软件
Although Hanyu is still working through the data男女操逼视频软件攗sing several advanced, graduate-level techniques to analyze and synthesize the information男女操逼视频软件攕he男女操逼视频软件檚 been able to formulate preliminary results; determining that her original hypothesis has been supported, in that married individuals who are more risk-averse would be more likely to have children.
It is really nice to have such an opportunity, especially as an undergraduate, to be exposed to a professional research environment.
男女操逼视频软件淲e have found that our results are consistent with the hypothesis that risk aversion will increase the probability of having children男女操逼视频软件攏o matter how women evaluate things, the marginal effect is about -6.5%,男女操逼视频软件 says Hanyu. 男女操逼视频软件淎 one-point increase in the scale of risk tolerance, would decrease the probability of having children by 6.5%.男女操逼视频软件
To further hone the research, Hanyu had an opportunity to present her work at the Eastern Economic Association Conference, gaining valuable insight and feedback from economists.
男女操逼视频软件淓EA was the first conference that I presented at,男女操逼视频软件 said Hanyu. 男女操逼视频软件淚t is really nice to have such an opportunity, especially as an undergraduate, to be exposed to a professional research environment. I got invaluable feedback concerning model specification and how my research question could be applied to countries with different economic conditions and abortion laws.男女操逼视频软件
Hanyu and Kaltenberg are excited to continue their work男女操逼视频软件攈oping to have it published in a master男女操逼视频软件檚 level journal, contributing to the academic literature, and thinking through possible policy recommendations. They both credit the Provost男女操逼视频软件檚 Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research program for helping provide the time and resources necessary to conduct quality research.
男女操逼视频软件淲hat男女操逼视频软件檚 been nice is that it男女操逼视频软件檚 been a continuation from the master男女操逼视频软件檚 course男女操逼视频软件攈aving that continuity allowed her to delve deeper into the theory and research itself so that it can become publishable,男女操逼视频软件 says Kaltenberg. 男女操逼视频软件淚t男女操逼视频软件檚 been really great to work with Hanyu男女操逼视频软件攚ith her particularly, because she takes a lot of initiative.男女操逼视频软件
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