We measure time preferences in a sample of 561 children aged seven to eleven years. Using a within-subject design we …

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. The difference remains …

- to eleven-year old primary school children in the city of Meran, we find that cooperation generally increases with age …, but that the gap between cooperation among in-group members and cooperation towards children speaking another language is …

- to eleven-year old primary school children in the city of Meran, we find that cooperation generally increases with age …, but that the gap between cooperation among in-group members and cooperation towards children speaking another language is …

- to eleven-year old primary school children in the city of Meran, we find that cooperation generally increases with age …, but that the gap between cooperation among in-group members and cooperation towards children speaking another language is …

The ability of children to control the desire for immediate gratification is very important to achieve long …-term beneficial goals (such as higher education or better health conditions). We show that the language children speak is … future by using present tense (like German). In our unique experiment, we let practically all primary school children, aged 6 …

We study in a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … experiment is related to children’s risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by …

We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … experiment is related to children's risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by …

We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … experiment is related to children's risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by …