What is the impact of after-school center-based care on the development of primary schoolaged children? Answering this question is challenging due to non-random selection of children into after-school center-based care. We tackle this challenge by using detailed data of the German Child Panel...

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 intertemporalchoices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by theories of reciprocalaltruism that provide a cornerstone to...

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 theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone...

Die überwiegende Mehrheit der deutschen Bevölkerung ist für einen verpflichtenden Kindergartenbesuch, für eine Abschaffung der Kindergartengebühren, für ein Ganztagsschulsystem für alle Kinder bis 15 Uhr, für deutschlandweit einheitliche Abschlussprüfungen im Abitur – und findet es...

We present experimental evidence from a bilingual city in Northern Italy on whether the language spoken by a partner in a prisoner's dilemma game affects behavior and leads to discrimination. Running a framed field experiment with 828 six- to eleven-year old primary school children in the city...

Lying and deceiving is present not only in adults but also among children and teenagers and represents an economically and psychological relevant behavioral trait. It is therefore surprising that evidence from economic experiments on deceptive behavior in children and teenagers is scarce. In...

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 theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone...