Does Education Affect Time Preference? Evidence from Indonesia
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AbstractThe paper examines the causal effect of education on time preference. To define our measure preference, we use responses to hypothetical questions involving intertemporal trade-offs...
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عنوان ژورنال: Economic Development and Cultural Change
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1539-2988', '0013-0079']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/706496