Ethnic persistence, assimilation and risk proclivity

Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Zimmermann, Klaus F

doi:10.1186/2193-9039-1-5

Table 5 Dependent variable - General risk - Full sample

From: Ethnic persistence, assimilation and risk proclivity

Independent variables	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Constant	2.962***	2.934***	3.117***	3.116***
	(0.595)	(0.595)	(0.595)	(0.595)
Foreign nationality	−0.380***	−0.474***
	(0.092)	(0.097)
Foreign nationality* born in Germany		0.525***
		(0.203)
Turk			−0.781***	−0.885***
			(0.177)	(0.191)
Balkan			−0.433**	−0.590***
			(0.190)	(0.194)
South European			−0.289*	−0.362*
			(0.170)	(0.187)
West European			0.224	0.144
			(0.197)	(0.218)
East European			−0.160	−0.160
			(0.257)	(0.257)
Other			0.212	0.053
			(0.389)	(0.403)
Foreign nationality * born in Germany * Turk				0.613
				(0.399)
Foreign nationality * born in Germany * Balkan				0.941**
				(0.443)
Foreign nationality * born in Germany * South				0.258
European				(0.327)
Foreign nationality * born in Germany * West				0.573
European				(0.451)
Foreign nationality * born in Germany * East
European
Foreign nationality * born in Germany * Other				2.146*
				(1.214)
Age	−0.109***	−0.106***	−0.109***	−0.105***
	(0.022)	(0.022)	(0.022)	(0.022)
Age²/100	0.200***	0.196***	0.199***	0.194***
	(0.045)	(0.045)	(0.045)	(0.045)
Age³/10,000	−0.151***	−0.149***	−0.149***	−0.147***
	(0.029)	(0.029)	(0.029)	(0.029)
Female	−0.659***	−0.662***	−0.672***	−0.678***
	(0.044)	(0.044)	(0.045)	(0.045)
Body height in centimeters	0.017***	0.017***	0.017***	0.016***
	(0.003)	(0.003)	(0.003)	(0.003)
Married	−0.255***	−0.254***	−0.248***	−0.245***
	(0.042)	(0.042)	(0.042)	(0.042)
Living in eastern Germany	0.276***	0.276***	0.274***	0.273***
	(0.043)	(0.043)	(0.043)	(0.043)
Years of education	0.085***	0.085***	0.083***	0.082***
	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)
Household net income	0.805***	0.806***	0.786***	0.789***
	(0.124)	(0.123)	(0.125)	(0.125)
R-squared	0.139	0.139	0.14	0.141
No. of observations	18,518	18,518	18,518	18,518

^a Robust standard errors in parentheses clustered at the household level.
* significant at 10%; ** at 5%; *** at 1%.

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