We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden … competitive in all tasks and all measures in Colombia. Unlike the consistent results in Colombia, the results in Sweden are mixed … gender gap in Sweden …

We compare how children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden cooperate in a Prisoner's Dilemma. We introduce a new … task and country dependent. -- cooperation ; children ; gender differences ; experiment … measurement device for cooperation that can be easily understood by children. There is some evidence of more cooperation in Sweden …

some evidence that children cooperate more in Sweden than in Colombia. Girls in Colombia are less cooperative than boys …, whereas our results indicate the opposite gender gap in Sweden. On average, children are more cooperative with boys than with …This paper compares cooperation among Columbian and Swedish children aged 9-12. We illustrate the dynamics of the …

. Using data from individuals residing in two war-torn regions in Colombia, I analyze how direct exposure to violence induces …