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 …

and quality of time parents spend with their children, the mother's IQ and economic preferences, a child's initial … children from families with higher SES are more patient, tend to be more altruistic and less likely to be risk seeking, and …

We study whether and how parents interfere paternalistically in their children's intertemporal decision-making. Based … on experiments with over 2,000 members of 610 families, we find that parents anticipate their children's present bias and … aim to mitigate it. Using a novel method to measure parental interference, we show that more than half of all parents are …

We study whether and how parents interfere paternalistically in their children’s intertemporal decision-making. Based … on experiments with over 2,000 members of 610 families, we find that parents anticipate their children’s present bias and … aim to mitigate it. Using a novel method to measure parental interference, we show that more than half of all parents are …

We study whether and how parents interfere paternalistically in their children's intertemporal decision-making. Based … on experiments with over 2,000 members of 610 families, we find that parents anticipate their children's present bias and … aim to mitigate it. Using a novel method to measure parental interference, we show that more than half of all parents are …

We study whether and how parents interfere paternalistically in their children's intertemporal decision-making. Based … on experiments with over 2,000 members of 610 families, we find that parents anticipate their children's present bias and … aim to mitigate it. Using a novel method to measure parental interference, we show that more than half of all parents are …

market success. We present a holistic view of how economic preferences are related within families. In an experiment with 544 … families (and 1,999 individuals) from rural Bangladesh we find a large degree of intergenerational persistence of economic …) positively correlated with their children's economic preferences, even when controlling for personality traits and socio …

market success. We present a holistic view of how economic preferences are related within families. In an experiment with 544 … families (and 1,999 individuals) from rural Bangladesh we find a large degree of intergenerational persistence of economic …) positively correlated with their children's economic preferences, even when controlling for personality traits and socio …

fundamental economic preferences such as time, risk, and social preferences. In a sample of preschool children we find that longer …