Social preferences have been shown to be an important determinant of economic decision making for many adults. We present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to seventeen years. Participants make decisions in eight simple, one-shot allocation tasks, allowing us...

Nachkommen von Einwanderern haben es auf den Arbeitsmärkten besonders schwer, die Beschäftigungsdefizite sind vergleichsweise hoch. Gleichzeitig wird in den kommenden Jahren der Anteil an Migranten dieser sogenannten "zweiten Generation" steigen. Ihre Arbeitsmarkterfolge werden häufig als...

Recent studies suggest that current approaches to tackling childhood poverty have had limited efficacy. This book brings together a discussion of childhoods, children's experiences of poverty and development discourses, and case studies to highlight the importance of integrating children's...

This paper explores the degree to which exposure to reoccurring natural disasters of various kinds explains seven dimensions of severe child poverty in 67 middle- and low-income countries. It also analyzes how certain institutional conditions, namely the quality of government (QoG), have...