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Jointly determined saving and fertility behaviour : theory, and estimates for Germany, Italy, UK and USA
Cigno, Alessandro - In: European economic review : EER 40 (1996) 8, pp. 1561-1589
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001208145
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Socio-economic status and inequalities in children's IQ and economic preferences
Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Pinger, Pia; … - 2019
This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well as less risk-seeking. To understand the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012034138
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Intrinsic motivations of public sector employees : evidence for Germany
Dur, Robert A. J.; Zoutenbier, Robin - In: German economic review 16 (2015) 3, pp. 343-366
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391906
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How does socio-economic status shape a child's personality?
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 2015
personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510510
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How does socio-economic status shape a child's personality?
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; … - 2015
personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530593
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Gender differences in inter vivos transfers
Loxton, Abigail - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012223878
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Socio-economic status and inequalities in children’s IQ and economic preferences
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Pinger, Pia; … - 2017
This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well as less likely to be risk-seeking. To understand the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011755575
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Socio-economic status and inequalities in children's IQ and economic preferences
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Pinger, Pia; … - 2017
This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well as less risk-seeking. To understand the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763834
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A nation-wide laboratory : examining trust and trustworthiness by integrating behavioral experiments into representative survey
Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; Rosenbladt, Bernhard von; … - 2003
Typically, laboratory experiments suffer from homogeneous subject pools and selfselection biases. The usefulness of survey data is limited by measurement error and by the questionability of their behavioral relevance. Here we present a method integrating interactive experiments and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402471
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Intrinsic motivations of public sector employees : evidence for Germany
Dur, Robert A. J.; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2013
We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our … theoretical model predicts that the likelihood of public sector employment increases with a worker's altruism, and increases or … decreases with a worker's laziness depending on his altruism. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752996