. We study in an experiment with 336 kindergarten children, aged three to six years, whether intertemporal choice behavior … is malleable. In a control condition, about 50% of children prefer two rewards the next day over one reward immediately … successfully in promoting delay of gratification. We also find that patience increases with age and that more patient children have …

investments by college and non-college educated parents and their children widened up precisely during this first period …

Socio- Economic Survey (HSES) to examine the correlation between the presence of children of different age categories in a … towards women, as well as household decision-making as potential explanations. We find that small children decrease the … probability of female employment relative to women with no small children. In particular, women with two children aged one to six …

The COVID19 crisis has hit labor markets. School and child-care closures have put families with children in challenging … German workforce have children aged 14 or younger and estimate that 11 percent of workers and 8 percent of all working hours …