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We present a field experiment to study the effects of non-monetary incentives on healthy food choices of 282 children … be feasible. We introduce a system where food items are graded based on their nutritional value, involving parents or … classmates as change agents by providing them with information regarding the food choices of their children or friends. We find …
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We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a large-scale and universal early childhood …-sector hospitals. Exposure to an additional Sure Start center per thousand age-eligible children increases hospitalization by 10% at …' can deliver significant health benefits, even in contexts with universal healthcare. Impacts are driven by …
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This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U … early life interventions for promoting health. …
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dilemmas and maintening public goods in human societies. We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 … of defectors is applied. Children also engage in reciprocating others, showing that reciprocity strategies are already … young children fail to anticipate the benefits of reputation building. We also show that the cognitive skills of children …
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-life outcomes, such as educational achievements, labor market outcomes, or health status. We contribute to the recent literature … fathers and mothers and their children by drawing on a unique dataset of 1,999 members of Bangladeshi families, including 911 … children, aged 6-17 years, and 544 pairs of mothers and fathers. We find a large degree of intergenerational persistence as the …
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We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …
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We study whether and how parents interfere paternalistically in their children’s intertemporal decision-making. Based … on experiments with over 2,000 members of 610 families, we find that parents anticipate their children’s present bias and … aim to mitigate it. Using a novel method to measure parental interference, we show that more than half of all parents are …
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We study whether and how parents interfere paternalistically in their children's intertemporal decision-making. Based … on experiments with over 2,000 members of 610 families, we find that parents anticipate their children's present bias and … aim to mitigate it. Using a novel method to measure parental interference, we show that more than half of all parents are …
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When deciding how to allocate their time among different types of investment in their children, parents weigh up the … perceived benefits and costs of different activities. During the COVID-19 outbreak parents had to consider a new cost dimension … when making this decision: the perceived health risks associated with contracting the virus. What role did parental beliefs …
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and experimental data from 5,580 children and their parents, we find that children exposed to positive parenting have …We study the relationship between parenting style and a broad range of children's skills and outcomes. Based on survey … satisfied with their life. Positive parenting is negatively associated with children's neuroticism, patience, engagement in …
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