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Patience Cycles

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  • Barnett, Richard C.
  • Bhattacharya, Joydeep
  • Puhakka, Mikko

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Evidence supports the notion that those who grow up to be patient do better than those who do not. Parents can inculcate the virtue of delayed gratification in their children by taking the right actions. We study a model in which parents, for selfish reasons, invest resources to raise patient children. In the model, patience raises the marginal return to human capital acquisition, giving the patient young an incentive to spend more on their own education at the expense of investment in their own progeny's patience. This dynamic generates intergenerational patience cycles.

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  • Barnett, Richard C. & Bhattacharya, Joydeep & Puhakka, Mikko, 2013. "Patience Cycles," ISU General Staff Papers 201306010700001054, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:isu:genstf:201306010700001054
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    • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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