. We study in an experiment with 336 kindergarten children, aged three to six years, whether intertemporal choice behavior … is malleable. In a control condition, about 50% of children prefer two rewards the next day over one reward immediately … successfully in promoting delay of gratification. We also find that patience increases with age and that more patient children have …

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 … willing to pay money to override their children’s choices. Parental interference predicts more intensive parenting styles and …

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 … willing to pay money to override their children's choices. Parental interference predicts more intensive parenting styles and …

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 … willing to pay money to override their children's choices. Parental interference predicts more intensive parenting styles and …

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 … willing to pay money to override their children's choices. Parental interference predicts more intensive parenting styles and …

We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers …, aged three to eighteen years. Using an easy math task for children older than eight years and a running task for the …. -- competition ; gender gap ; experiment ; children ; teenagers …

present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to seventeen years. Participants make decisions … and across gender. Our results show that when children and teenagers grow older, inequality aversion becomes a gradually … boys, and maximin-preferences turn more important in shaping decisions of girls. -- social preferences ; children ; age …