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Validating an Ultra-Short Survey Measure of Patience

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  • Thomas Vischer
  • Thomas Dohmen
  • Armin Falk
  • David Huffman
  • Jürgen Schupp
  • Uwe Sunde
  • Gert G. Wagner

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This study presents results of the validation of an ultra-short survey measure of patience included in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Survey responses predict intertemporal choice behavior in incentive-compatible decisions in a representative sample of the German adult population.

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Paper provided by DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in its series SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research with number 499.

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Date of creation: 2012
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Handle: RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp499
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Keywords: Time preferences; discounting; validation of survey measures;

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  • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior

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  1. Non, J.A. & Tempelaar, D.T., 2014. "Time preferences, study effort, and academic performance," Research Memorandum 012, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE).
  2. John Gathergood & Joerg Weber, 2015. "Financial Literacy, Present Bias and Alternative Mortgage Products," Discussion Papers 2015/07, University of Nottingham, Centre for Finance, Credit and Macroeconomics (CFCM).
  3. Fouarge, D. & Kriechel, B. & Dohmen, T.J., 2014. "Occupational sorting of school graduates: the role of economic preferences," ROA Research Memorandum 009, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
  4. John Gathergood & Joerg Weber, 2015. "Financial Literacy, Present Bias and Alternative Mortgage Products," Discussion Papers 2015-15, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
  5. Frank M. Fossen & Daniela Glocker, 2014. "Stated and Revealed Heterogeneous Risk Preferences in Educational Choice," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 630, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
  6. Falk, Armin & Becker, Anke & Dohmen, Thomas & Huffman, David B. & Sunde, Uwe, 2016. "The Preference Survey Module: A Validated Instrument for Measuring Risk, Time, and Social Preferences," IZA Discussion Papers 9674, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  7. John Gathergood & Joerg Weber, 2015. "Is Poor Financial Literacy a Barrier to Home Ownership?," Discussion Papers 2015/16, University of Nottingham, Centre for Finance, Credit and Macroeconomics (CFCM).
  8. Philipp Huebler & Andreas Kucher, 2016. "Ashes to ashes, time to time - Parental time discounting and its role in the intergenerational transmission of smoking," Discussion Paper Series 326, Universitaet Augsburg, Institute for Economics.
  9. Gill, Andrej & Heinz, Matthias & Schumacher, Heiner, 2014. "Trust, trustworthiness and selection into the financial industry," CFS Working Paper Series 458, Center for Financial Studies (CFS).

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