The effect of the social environment during childhood on preferences in adulthood
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The effect of the social environment during childhood on preferences in adulthood. / Abeler, Johannes; Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt; Hansen, Lars Garn.
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2023.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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T1 - The effect of the social environment during childhood on preferences in adulthood
AU - Abeler, Johannes
AU - Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt
AU - Hansen, Lars Garn
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Preferences are key for shaping decision-making, yet it remains an open question where preferences originate from. We investigate the causal effect of the childhood social environment on adults’ preferences. We utilize a natural experiment in Denmark, which randomized refugees to different neighbourhoods in the 1990s. We experimentally measure risk, time, and social preferences of adult refugees who were children at the time of arrival in Denmark. Using rich administrative register data on the entire Danish population we can measure a very broad range of aspects of the childhood social environment. We find that the randomly allocated childhood environment significantly affects adults’ preferences, in particular, patience.
AB - Preferences are key for shaping decision-making, yet it remains an open question where preferences originate from. We investigate the causal effect of the childhood social environment on adults’ preferences. We utilize a natural experiment in Denmark, which randomized refugees to different neighbourhoods in the 1990s. We experimentally measure risk, time, and social preferences of adult refugees who were children at the time of arrival in Denmark. Using rich administrative register data on the entire Danish population we can measure a very broad range of aspects of the childhood social environment. We find that the randomly allocated childhood environment significantly affects adults’ preferences, in particular, patience.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - IFRO Working Paper
BT - The effect of the social environment during childhood on preferences in adulthood
PB - Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen
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