Patience and achievement test results |
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Authors: | Benedikt Vogt |
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Institution: | Department of Competition and Regulation, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, The Hague, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | I investigate the relation between high-stakes achievement test scores and students’ patience. I use an experimentally validated measure of time preferences to assess patience in a large sample of Dutch students in secondary school. A one SD increase in the achievement test at the age of 12 predicts 26% of an SD greater level of patience at the age of 15. The results hint at the fact that education can shape preferences. |
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Keywords: | Patience achievement test scores time preferences discount rate Cito test |
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