preferences such as risk preference, and crucial beliefs about the world, such as trust. This paper provides evidence on the three …

to trust other people are transmitted from parents to children. Our evidence is based on survey questions that ask about … by parents in terms of risk attitudes. Interestingly, for trust there is no impact of family size or birth order. There … are similar to parents in terms of risk are similar in terms of trust. We find that the transmission from parents to …