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temptation, productivity of younger children is significantly detrimentally impacted, while that of older children remains … same mechanism can lead to reduced economic productivity subsequent to exposure to temptation. Using a design inspired by …Substantial evidence from psychology suggests that resisting temptation (exercising self-control) in one domain …
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) intervention that targeted children aged 4 living in socially mixed neighborhoods of the city of Paris. We selected a large, random … practices. We measured SBR frequency and children's vocabulary before and after this intervention, among treated and control … children. The intervention had a large effect on SBR frequency. At the pre-test, SBR on a daily basis involved 41.2% of the …
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The literature on pro-social behavior shows that older children are more generous than younger children; however, the … level of individual generosity is heterogeneous even between children of the same age. This paper investigates whether a … child’s popularity affects a child’s generosity. Our participants – 231 children, six to twelve years old – decide how many …
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Using experimental techniques, we identify parental attitudes toward different-gendered children in rural Bangladesh …. We randomly selected households that had at least two school-age children (6–18 years) of different genders. Parents … toward children of a specific gender; 2) neither parent is systematically biased; 3) there are no significant differences in …
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attempt to examine how this attitude correlates with the actual decisions regarding schooling and health of their own children …
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The literature on pro-social behavior shows that older children are more generous than younger children; however, the … level of individual generosity is heterogeneous even between children of the same age. This paper investigates whether a … child’s popularity affects a child’s generosity. Our participants – 231 children, six to twelve years old – decide …
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The literature on pro-social behavior shows that older children are more generous than younger children; however, the … level of individual generosity is heterogeneous even between children of the same age. This paper investigates whether a … child's popularity affects a child's generosity. Our participants – 231 children, six to twelve years old – decide how many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208686
The literature on pro-social behavior shows that older children are more generous than younger children; however, the … level of individual generosity is heterogeneous even between children of the same age. This paper investigates whether a … child’s popularity affects a child’s generosity. Our participants – 231 children, six to twelve years old – decide how many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147808
The literature on pro-social behavior shows that older children are more generous than younger children; however, the … level of individual generosity is heterogeneous even between children of the same age. This paper investigates whether a … child’s popularity affects a child’s generosity. Our participants – 231 children, six to twelve years old – decide how many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014148114
Head Start and other publicly supported preschools are required to spend substantial funds promoting family engagement, which is a key element of improving child skills. Yet, parent engagement with preschools tends to be low. To increase parental attendance at school-sponsored family-engagement...
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