We examine the vertical transmission of overweight drawing upon a sample of English children, both adopted and non …

from a bilingual city in Northern Italy. We find that German-speaking primary school children are about 46% more likely … than Italian-speaking children to delay gratification in an intertemporal choice experiment. This result is robust when …

respondents have approximately .2 to .4 more actual and expected number of children if they are self-employed as compared to if …

Using unique panel data, we compare cognitive performance and wagering behavior of children (10-11 years) with adults …

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 …

’s employment on children’s wellbeing (which proxy traditional gender attitudes). Drawing on a large, representative and … non-mothers who work and mothers who do not work are more likely to agree that pre-school children suffer if mothers work …

impact both younger and older children. The average treated student in our setting has an expected income reduction of $5 …

We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 to 6. In a unified experimental framework, we … game. We find that third-party punishment doubles cooperation rates in comparison to a control condition. Children also … influence of children's cognitive skills and parents' socioeconomic background on cooperation. …