Gender differences in time preferences

Marcus Dittrich () and Kristina Leipold

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 122, issue 3, 413-415

Abstract: This paper reports the results from a large online experiment in which we examine gender differences in time preferences. Subjects choose in different situations between receiving an immediate payment and receiving a different sum later. We find that more men than women are impatient and choose to receive the immediate payment, at least if the implicit interest rate of the “late” option is neither too high nor too low.

Keywords: Gender differences; Time preference; Discounting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.01.002

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