fundamental economic preferences such as time, risk, and social preferences. In a sample of preschool children we find that longer … breastfeeding duration is associated with higher levels of patience and altruism as well as a lower willingness to take risk …

externalities inflicted by parents when they decide on their children's diet. Within an OLG model with an imperfectly altruistic …

how parents' actions affect their children. In recent years, the literature on parenting within economics has increasingly … developmental psychology literature, and have estimated detailed empirical models of children's accumulation of cognitive and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

find that children’s decisions are particularly characterized by varying levels of altruism. We relate this heterogeneity … increased sample size. Finally, we use our method to analyze decisions made by dyads of children in an experimental setting. We … across children to age, gender, and the degree of friendship in dyads. …