Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207441 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12616
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The present paper reports the results of an experiment which studied the effects of parents' marital status (divorced or non-divorced) and psychological counseling (administered or not) on the honesty level of kindergarten children. Data on marital status and psychological counseling was anonymously provided by the kindergarten teachers and children's level of honesty was assessed by a flip-coin task which rewarded a self-reported favorable outcome. The experiment gave rise to two major results: first, children of divorced parents are less honest than children of non-divorced parents and second, psychological counseling helps improve honesty among children of divorced parents but fails to do so among children of non-divorced parents. No gender effect was found.
Subjects: 
kindergarten children
dishonest behavior
flip coin task
psychological counseling
JEL: 
C91
C92
K42
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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