Decision-Making by Children
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Lundberg, Shelly
Romich, Jennifer
Tsang, Kwok P.
Abstract / Description
In this paper, we examine the determinants of decision-making power by children and young adolescents. Moving beyond previous economic models that treat children as goods consumed by adults rather than agents, we develop a noncooperative model of parental control of child behavior and child resistance. Using child reports of decision-making and psychological and cognitive measures from the NLSY79 Child Supplement, we examine the determinants of shared and sole decision-making in seven domains of child activity. We find that the determinants of sole decision-making by the child and shared decision-making with parents are quite distinct: sharing decisions appears to be a form of parental investment in child development rather than a simple stage in the transfer of authority. In addition, we find that indicators of child capability and preferences affect reports of decision-making authority in ways that suggest child demand for autonomy as well as parental discretion in determining these outcomes.
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Entscheidung Kind Familie Entscheidung Kind Familie decision-making children familyPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2007
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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;2952
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lundberg, Shelly
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Romich, Jennifer
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Tsang, Kwok P.
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Made available on2022-11-17T11:06:53Z
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Date of first publication2007
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Abstract / DescriptionIn this paper, we examine the determinants of decision-making power by children and young adolescents. Moving beyond previous economic models that treat children as goods consumed by adults rather than agents, we develop a noncooperative model of parental control of child behavior and child resistance. Using child reports of decision-making and psychological and cognitive measures from the NLSY79 Child Supplement, we examine the determinants of shared and sole decision-making in seven domains of child activity. We find that the determinants of sole decision-making by the child and shared decision-making with parents are quite distinct: sharing decisions appears to be a form of parental investment in child development rather than a simple stage in the transfer of authority. In addition, we find that indicators of child capability and preferences affect reports of decision-making authority in ways that suggest child demand for autonomy as well as parental discretion in determining these outcomes.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16310
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1090
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.9122
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofIZA Discussion Paper Series No. 2952
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Is part of seriesForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;2952
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Keyword(s)Entscheidungde
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Keyword(s)Kindde
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Keyword(s)Familiede
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Keyword(s)Entscheidungde
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Keyword(s)Kindde
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Keyword(s)Familiede
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Keyword(s)decision-makingen
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Keyword(s)childrenen
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Keyword(s)familyen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleDecision-Making by Childrenen
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DRO typereport
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok