We document an increasing capacity to resist temptation in a time consistent manner from children to teenagers …

than boys among children from better off families, whereas we do not find any gender difference in willingness to compete … among children from low socioeconomic status families. Our data suggest that the main mechanism explaining the role of …

This paper provides the first empirical analysis on whether and how intergenerational transmission affects children … on a nationally representative sample of children who did not directly experience earthquakes combined with a … their children's risk aversion. Moreover, the effect from the mother's side is more prominent than father's side. Credible …

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