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The evolution of the relationship between delay of gratification and socioeconomic status during COVID-19-induced online education

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  • Tamás Keller

    (Computational Social Science - Research Center for Educational and Network Studies, Centre for Social Sciences. 1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán utca 4. and Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies. 1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán utca 4.)

  • Hubert János Kiss

    (Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies. 1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán utca 4. and Department of Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest. 1093 Budapest Fővám tér 8. Computational Social Science - Research Center for Educational and Network Studies, Centre for Social Sciences. 1097 Budapest, Tóth Kálmán utca 4. and Evolutionary Systems Research Group, Centre for Ecological Research)

Abstract

We show the evolution of the delay of gratification (DG) of 951 students aged 10-14 years old during COVID-19-induced home-based online education by exploiting data from two waves of voluntary online surveys. Students with the highest socioeconomic status (SES) experienced a marginally significant absolute increase in DG, opening up a relative advantage between low- and high-SES students. The additional effort that high-SES parents invested due to the flexible home-office arrangements into the control and support of their offspring’s’ learning may have spurred these changes. Students’ DG is thus malleable according to the quantity and quality of time parents spend with their children.

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  • Tamás Keller & Hubert János Kiss, 2020. "The evolution of the relationship between delay of gratification and socioeconomic status during COVID-19-induced online education," KRTK-KTI WORKING PAPERS 2049, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:has:discpr:2049
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    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality

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