Abstract:This paper investigates gender differences in portfolio risk among Canadian men and women and finds that, controlling for a variety of personal and household characteristics, never married men, born post-1966, hold significantly higher risk portfolios relative to single women and married couples. Conversely, observed gender differences among pre-1943 birth cohorts are primarily driven by disparities in characteristics rather than gender or marital status. Previously married women, born 1955-1966, have remarkab… Show more
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