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Social preferences in childhood and adolescence - A large-scale experiment
(2010-06)
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 ...
Gender and birth-order differences in time and risk preferences and decisions
(2009-10-05)
We study how gender, birth order, and number of siblings are related to stated time and risk
preferences and to real-life decisions. We use survey data covering about 2,300 individuals
and find that time and risk preferences ...