Ageing and Economic Preferences

Thomas Dohmen; David Huffman; Uwe Sunde

doi:10.4324/9781003150398-36

Ageing and Economic Preferences

Thomas Dohmen, David Huffman, Uwe Sunde

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Abstract

This chapter provides a brief review of the literature on the relation between age and economic preferences. The chapter describes the main empirical patterns and the methodological challenges related to identifying the links between age and attitudes toward risk and time. We discuss recent methodological developments and point to avenues for future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Ageing
Editors	David E. Bloom, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Uwe Sunde
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Chapter	30
Pages	539-552
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781000812770
ISBN (Print)	9780367713324
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003150398-36
Publication status	Published - 2023

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