personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We … children from families with higher SES are more patient, tend to be more altruistic and less likely to be risk seeking, and … and quality of time parents spend with their children, the mother's IQ and economic preferences, a child's initial …

personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We … children from families with higher SES are more patient, tend to be more altruistic and less likely to be risk seeking, and … and quality of time parents spend with their children, the mother's IQ and economic preferences, a child's initial …

preferences. -- other-regarding preferences ; altruism ; spite ; children ; family background ; field experiment … children of parents with low education are more spiteful, more selfish and less altruistic. This link is robust to controlling … development of preferences, as we find children to become less spiteful and more altruistic with increasing age. Our findings …

instill social norms or their children less able to acquire them. -- other-regarding preferences ; altruism ; spite … binary-choice dictator games to classify subjects into other-regarding types, we find that children of less educated parents … characteristics, and is attenuated for smarter children. The results suggest that less educated parents are either less efficient to …

binary-choice dictator games to classify subjects into other-regarding types, we find that children of less educated parents … characteristics, and is attenuated for smarter children. The results suggest that less educated parents are either less efficient to … instill social norms or their children less able to acquire them …

binary-choice dictator games to classify subjects into other-regarding types, we find that children of less educated parents … characteristics, and is attenuated for smarter children. The results suggest that less educated parents are either less efficient to … instill social norms or their children less able to acquire them …

explain the underinvestment of parents in their children's human capital. We first incorporate these two potential mechanisms …