Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
儿童时间、风险与社会偏好的引出：一项经过验证的调查
Eliciting time, risk, and social preferences in children: a validated survey
摘要
We develop and validate a survey instrument to elicit six key economic preferences in children: undefined time preferences, risk preferences, altruism, positive reciprocity, negative reciprocity, and trust. The survey was administered to a sample of 339 nine-year-old children, for whom we also collected behavioral data through incentivized choice experiments targeting the same preferences. Our econometric analysis allows us to identify a set of 14 survey items that best predict children’s experimental behavior. For each preference, we also compare the predictive power of this 14-item validated survey to a shorter 9-item self-evaluation version. Our results demonstrate that these surveys provide a simple and reliable tool for measuring individual preferences in children – enabling researchers to account for heterogeneity when designing and evaluating policies targeting younger populations.
中文摘要
我们开发并验证了一套调查工具，用于测量儿童六种关键经济偏好：未定义的时间偏好、风险偏好、利他主义、正向互惠、负向互惠以及信任。该调查对339名九岁儿童样本实施，同时我们通过针对相同偏好的激励性选择实验收集了行为数据。计量经济学分析使我们能够识别出14个最能预测儿童实验行为的调查项目。针对每种偏好，我们还比较了包含14个项目的验证版调查与更简短的9项自我评估版本的预测能力。结果表明，这些调查为测量儿童个体偏好提供了简单可靠的工具——使研究人员在设计和评估针对年轻群体的政策时能够考虑异质性。