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We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment …
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' incentives. In a field experiment on snack choice (grapes versus cookies), we randomize who receives incentives, the fraction of …
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effects can occur: through peers' actions and peers' incentives. In a field experiment on snack choice in the school lunchroom …
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We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823553
We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823871
We use a novel method to elicit and measure higher order risk preferences (prudence and temperance) in an experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824248
We explore the effects of a randomly assigned conditional cash transfer in Honduras (Bono 10000) on early childhood development. We find significant impacts on cognitive development in children 0-60 months, with an average effect size of 0.13 SD. We show differential impacts by type of transfer:...
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The literature on skill formation and human capital development clearly demonstrates that early investment in children is an equitable and efficient policy with large returns in adulthood. Yet little is known about the mechanisms involved in producing these long-term effects. This paper presents...
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Higher order risk preferences are well-known for their relation with precautionary saving or portfolio allocation … relations have never been investigated with field data. In a large-scale experiment with 658 adolescents, we relate experimental …
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Jordan. Using a simple sharing experiment, we find only little discrimination. Among the Jordanian children, however, we see …
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