In this paper we examine the effects that variations in the quality of the environment at birth have on children …'s other-regarding preferences, as measured through four binary-choice dictator games run with school-age children in rural … Sierra Leone. We examine the effect of exogenous variations in rainfall level by location and year on children's social …

children and teenagers, aged 9 to 18 years, the strategies played in pre-adulthood. We find no robust age effects in the …

children and teenagers, aged 9 to 18 years, the strategies played in pre-adulthood. We find no robust age effects in the …

of children aged between 7 and 14, we find strong aversion to lying at all ages. Lying is driven mainly by selfish … motives and envy. Children with stronger social preferences are less prone to deception, even when lying would benefit others … at no monetary cost. Older children lie less than younger children and require more self-justification to lie. …

dilemmas and maintening public goods in human societies. We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 … of defectors is applied. Children also engage in reciprocating others, showing that reciprocity strategies are already … young children fail to anticipate the benefits of reputation building. We also show that the cognitive skills of children …