Economic preferences – like time, risk and social preferences – have been shown to be very influential for real … that has examined how and when economic preferences are formed, putting particular emphasis on the role of … intergenerational transmission of economic preferences within families. Our paper is the first to run incentivized experiments with …

) positively correlated with their children's economic preferences, even when controlling for personality traits and socio …Economic preferences are important for lifetime outcomes such as educational achievements, health status, or labor … market success. We present a holistic view of how economic preferences are related within families. In an experiment with 544 …

We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to …

The formation of economic preferences in childhood and adolescence has long-term consequences for life-time outcomes … social preferences. We find that second born children are typically less patient, less risk averse, and more trusting …

correlated with the degree of discrimination, suggesting that discriminatory preferences are being transmitted through parental …

, risk preferences, and cognitive abilities, and is not driven by sample attrition. Accounting for middle-school GPA as a …

we study (including social, risk, competitive preferences, and aspirations). Notably, the extent of homophily depends on …