Xueting Wang is a Research Associate at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course at the University of Sydney. She is a behavioural economist interested in self-control problems, valuation of rewards, and decision-making in adolescence. In her research she takes an interdisciplinary perspective and her work is inspired by theory and empirical findings from economics, psychology, and neuroscience.
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The years of living dangerously: can adolescents be encouraged away from risky behaviour?
Adolescence is a dangerous time, how can we help prompt young adults into making safer choices?