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Patience and subjective well-being

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  • Arthur Le Pargneux
  • Hossam Zeitoun

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We show that patience is a key determinant of subjective well-being differences between countries. To address potential endogeneity bias, we apply an instrumental variable approach using the share of Protestants in the country, which prior literature has associated with patience and used as an instrument. While tentative, our findings are consistent with a sizable causal effect of patience on subjective well-being. They are robust across several specifications and hold for three different measures of subjective well-being: life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect.

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  • Arthur Le Pargneux & Hossam Zeitoun, 2023. "Patience and subjective well-being," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(14), pages 1923-1929, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:30:y:2023:i:14:p:1923-1929
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2083566
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