Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51847 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5404
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to eighteen years, in an incentivized experiment. We relate experimental choices to field behavior. Experimental measures of impatience are found to be significant predictors of health related field behavior and saving decisions. In particular, more impatient children and adolescents are more likely to spend money on alcohol and cigarettes, have a higher body mass index (BMI) and are less likely to save money. Experimental measures for risk and ambiguity attitudes are only weak predictors of field behavior.
Subjects: 
experiments with children and adolescents
risk
ambiguity
time preferences
health status
savings
external validity
field behavior
JEL: 
C91
C93
D81
D90
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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