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gender differences emerge with age and by gender of opponent. Our samples contain 186 children (aged 10-12), 310 teenagers … for children, males begin to wager substantially more as they become teenagers, leading to the emergence of the gender gap …
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This paper reports the results of an experiment that brings together psychological measures of competence and … ambiguous lotteries in a financial decision context. The experiment can be viewed in two parts. The first part replicates an … used to explain elicited certainty equivalents in the second part of the experiment. Certainty equivalents were elicited …
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About 15 years ago, economic experiments with children and adolescents were considered as an extravagant niche of … increase of papers, we provide the first overview of economic experiments with children and adolescents. We focus on the … following aspects: rationality of choices, risk preferences, time preferences, social preferences, cooperation, and …
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This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...
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This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498567
This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010502791
welchen Einfluss Risikoeinstellungen von Eltern auf das Bildungsverhalten von Kindern ausüben. In der Studie untersuchen wir … educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine whether parent's risk attitudes relate to … children's secondary school track choice in Germany where tracking occurs at age ten and has a strong binding character. Our …
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educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children's secondary school track choice in … paternal risk preferences but a strong negative impact of maternal risk aversion on children's enrollment in upper secondary …
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educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children's secondary school track choice in … paternal risk preferences but a strong negative impact of maternal risk aversion on children's enrollment in upper secondary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009397
We propose a simple theoretical model of supervised learning that is potentially useful to interpret a number of empirical phenomena. The model captures a basic tradeoff between sheltering the child from the consequences of his mistakes, and allowing him to learn from experience. We characterize...
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