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Economic behavior of children and adolescents : a first survey of experimental economics results
Sutter, Matthias; Zoller, Claudia; Glätzle-Rützler, … - 2018
competitiveness. All of these aspects are analyzed with respect to the influence of age and gender, and we also consider the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949208
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Time (In)Consistent Food Choice of Children and Teenagers
Bucher-Koenen, Tabea - 2012
We document an increasing capacity to resist temptation in a time consistent manner from children to teenagers. Competencies develop in two steps: From age 8 on many pupils naively plan and after age 12 successfully implement strategies to resist temptation. Our evidence comes from a food choice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109899
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Donations, risk attitudes and time preferences : a study on altruism in primary school children
Angerer, Silvia; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela; … - 2015
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...
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Gender differences in competitiveness and risk taking : comparing children in Colombia and Sweden
Cárdenas Campo, Juan Camilo; Dreber, Anna; Essen, Emma von - 2010 - Rev. June 3, 2011
We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden …, two countries differing in gender equality according to macro indices. We include four types of tasks that vary in gender … gender gap in Sweden. -- competitiveness ; risk preferences ; children ; gender differences ; experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008696759
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Gender differences in competition emerge early in life
Sutter, Matthias; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela - 2010
We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers … here. This gender gap is observed already with three-year olds, indicating that gender differences in competitiveness … emerge very early in life. The gap is robust to controlling for gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003978535
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Gender differences in competition emerge early in life
Sutter, Matthias; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela - 2010 - This version: 15 June 2010
We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers … here. This gender gap is observed already with three-year olds, indicating that gender differences in competitiveness … emerge very early in life. The gap is robust to controlling for gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736603
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Gender Differences in Competition Emerge Early in Life
Sutter, Matthias - 2010
We study gender differences in the willingness to compete in a large-scale experiment with 1,035 children and teenagers … here. This gender gap is observed already with three-year olds, indicating that gender differences in competitiveness … emerge very early in life. The gap is robust to controlling for gender differences in risk attitudes and overconfidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141695
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Gender Differences in Competitiveness and Risk Taking : Comparing Children in Colombia and Sweden
Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo - 2011
We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden …, two countries differing in gender equality according to macro indices. We include four types of tasks that vary in gender … gender gap in Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132593
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Would you do something for me? The effects of money activation on social preferences and social behavior in young children
Gasiorowska, Agata; Zaleskiewicz, Tomasz; Wygrab, Sandra - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 3, pp. 603-608
The research presented in this paper shows that merely activating the idea of money affects the social behavior and social preferences of young children who do not understand the economic functions of money. From an economic point of view, money is universal, instrumental, and can be defined by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010577297
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Do economic preferences of children predict behavior?
Breitkopf, Laura; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Priyam, Shambhavi - 2020
Economic theory and empirical evidence establish that economic preferences predict behavior and life outcomes for children, adolescents, and adults. In this paper, we use novel data on 4,282 siblings aged 6 to 16 that combine incentivized measures of time, risk, and social preferences with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012232056