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Life-Course Trajectories of Risk-Taking Propensity: A Coordinated Analysis of Longitudinal Studies

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  • Yunrui Liu
  • Alexandra Bagaïni
  • Gayoung Son
  • Madlaina Kapoor
  • Rui Mata
  • Shevaun Neupert

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ObjectivesHow does risk preference change across the life span? We address this question by conducting a coordinated analysis to obtain the first meta-analytic estimates of adult longitudinal age differences in risk-taking propensity in different domains.MethodsWe report results from 26 longitudinal samples (12 panels; 187,733 unique respondents; 19 countries) covering general and domain-specific risk-taking propensity (financial, driving, recreational, occupational, health) across 3 or more waves.ResultsResults revealed a negative relation between age and both general and domain-specific risk-taking propensity. Furthermore, females consistently reported lower levels of risk taking across the life span than males in all domains, but there is little support for the idea of an age by gender interaction. Although we found evidence of systematic and universal age differences, we also detected considerable heterogeneity across domains and samples.DiscussionOur work suggests a need to understand the nature of heterogeneity of age differences in risk-taking propensity and recommends the use of domain-specific and population estimates for applications interested in modeling heterogeneity in risk preference for economic and policy-making purposes.

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  • Yunrui Liu & Alexandra Bagaïni & Gayoung Son & Madlaina Kapoor & Rui Mata & Shevaun Neupert, 2023. "Life-Course Trajectories of Risk-Taking Propensity: A Coordinated Analysis of Longitudinal Studies," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 78(3), pages 445-455.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:78:y:2023:i:3:p:445-455.
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