We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to … impatient children and adolescents are more likely to spend money on alcohol and cigarettes, have a higher body mass index (BMI …

We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to … particular, more impatient children and adolescents are more likely to spend money on alcohol and cigarettes, have a higher body …

- to eleven-year old primary school children in the city of Meran, we find that cooperation generally increases with age …, but that the gap between cooperation among in-group members and cooperation towards children speaking another language is …

We study the transmission of risk attitudes in a unique survey of mothers and children in which both participated in an … incentivized risk preference elicitation task. We document that risk preferences are correlated between mothers and children when … the children are just 7 to 8 years old. This correlation is only present for daughters. We show that a measure of parental …

. 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 …