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Parenting with Style : Altruism and Paternalism in Intergenerational Preference Transmission
Doepke, Matthias - 2013
altruism towards children. They can affect their children's choices via two channels: either by influencing their preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088659
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Pure Rank Preferences and Variation in Risk-Taking Behavior
Stark, Oded - 2019
Assuming that an individual's rank in the wealth distribution is the only factor determining the individual's wellbeing, we analyze the individual's risk preferences in relation to gaining or losing rank, rather than the individual's risk preferences towards gaining or losing absolute wealth. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861313
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The Labour Supply Effect of Education Maintenance Allowance and its Implications for Parental Altruism
Holford, Angus - 2015
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) was a UK government cash transfer paid directly to children aged 16-18, in the first two years of post-compulsory full-time education. This paper uses the labour supply effect of EMA to infer the magnitude of the transfer response made by the parent, and so...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028168
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Transfers within a Three Generations Family : When the Rotten Kids Turn into Altruistic Parents
Cremer, Helmuth - 2014
We study exchanges between three overlapping generations with non-dynastic altruism. The middleaged choose informal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051795
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The Nature and Predictive Power of Preferences : Global Evidence
Falk, Armin - 2015
, positive and negative reciprocity, altruism, and trust. We collected these preference data as well as a rich set of covariates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011171
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Socio-Economic Status and Inequalities in Children's IQ and Economic Preferences
Deckers, Thomas - 2017
This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well as less risk-seeking. To understand the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942093
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Donations, Risk Attitudes and Time Preferences : A Study on Altruism in Primary School Children
Angerer, Silvia - 2014
We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone to understand human social behavior. We find that higher risk …-linear. We confirm earlier results that altruism increases with age during childhood and that girls are more altruistic than boys …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057045
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Gender Differences in the Development of Other-Regarding Preferences
John, Katrin - 2017
We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other-regarding preferences between boys and girls aged 10 to 17. The results indicate a higher mean of dictator giving, degree of egalitarian decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946582
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Other-Regarding Preferences and Redistributive Politics
Fehr, Ernst; Epper, Thomas; Senn, Julien - 2022
Increasing inequality and associated egalitarian sentiments have again put redistribution on the political agenda. Other-regarding preferences may also affect support for redistribution, but knowledge about their distribution in the broader population and how they are associated with political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083850
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Effects of Parental Background on Other-Regarding Preferences in Children
Bauer, Michal - 2011
Other-regarding preferences are central for the ability to solve collective action problems and thus for society's welfare. We study how the formation of other-regarding preferences during childhood is related to parental background. Using binary-choice dictator games to classify subjects into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119293