Economic Decision-Making in Poverty Depletes Behavioral Control
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Economic decision-making in poverty depletes behavioral control
Economic theory and common sense suggest that time preference can cause or perpetuate poverty. Might poverty also or instead cause impatient or impulsive behavior? This paper reports a randomized lab experiment and a partially randomized field experiment, both in India, and analysis of the American Time Use Survey. In all three studies, poverty is associated with diminished behavioral control. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1935-1682
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2973