Impatience among preschool children and their mothers

Fabian Kosse and Friedhelm Pfeiffer

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 115, issue 3, 493-495

Abstract: Using experimental data of children and their mothers, this paper explores the intergenerational relationship of impatience. The child’s impatience stems from a delay of gratification experiment, the mother’s from a choice task. Findings demonstrate an intergenerational relationship in decision making.

Keywords: Time preferences; Impatience; Intergenerational transmission; Field experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D03 D90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.115

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