Impatience among Preschool Children and Their Mothers

Fabian Kosse and Friedhelm Pfeiffer

No 431, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research from DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

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. Mother's impatience has been assessed by a choice task where the mothers faced trade-offs between a smaller-sooner and a larger-later monetary reward with a delay of six or twelve months. The findings demonstrate an intergenerational relationship in short-run decision making. Controlling for mother's and child's characteristics the child's impatience at preschool age is significantly correlated with the six month maternal reservation interest rate.

Keywords: time preferences; impatience; intergenerational transmission; field experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D3 D90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5 p.
Date: 2012
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