evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children's cognitive … mothers and children is elicited through four simple allocation decisions. A key advantage of our study is that it is carried … spiteful behavior in children. This relationship is even more pronounced among boys and possibly reflects differences in …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We study in a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … experiment is related to children’s risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone for understanding human social behavior. We find that higher risk …

personality we investigate encompass time preferences, risk preferences, and altruism, as well as crystallized and fluid IQ. We … 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 …