Parental time preferences and educational choices: The role of children’s gender and of social origin

This paper contributes to the literature on Relative Risk Aversion theory in two ways: first, by considering that the effect of time preferences may differ according to both children’s gender and social origin; second, by exploring this possibility for different educational outcomes: upper secondary...

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Published in:Rationality and society 2022-02, Vol.34 (1), p.96-125
Main Authors: Bellani, Daniela, Ortiz-Gervasi, Luis
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Children
Choices
Daughters
Discounting
Enrollments
Gender
Higher education
Parents & parenting
Preferences
Risk
Risk factors
Secondary education
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Time
Wealth
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Choices
Daughters
Discounting
Enrollments
Gender
Higher education
Parents & parenting
Preferences
Risk
Risk factors
Secondary education
Secondary schools
Time
Wealth
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