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The early childhood determinants of time preferences

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Delaney, Liam 
Doyle, Orla 
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http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1213
Date Issued
15 December 2008
Date Available
23T14:33:42Z June 2009
Abstract
Research on time preference formation and socioeconomic differences in discounting has received little attention to date. This article examines the extent to which early childhood differences emerge in measures of hyperactivity, impulsivity and persistence, all of which are good psychometric analogues to how economists conceptualise discounting. We examine the distribution of these traits measured at age three across parental social class and analyse the extent to which different mechanism plausibly generate the observed social class distribution. In addition, we control for a wide ranging of potentially mediating factors including parental investment and proxies for maternal time preferences. Our results show substantial social class variations across all measures. We find only weak evidence that this relates to differential maternal time preferences (e.g. savings behaviour, abstaining from smoking) but relatively stronger evidence that these traits are transmitted through the parents own non-cognitive skill set (self-esteem, attachment etc.) and parental time investments (e.g. time spent reading to the child and teaching the child to write, sing etc.).
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Geary Institute
Series
UCD Geary Institute Discussion Paper Series
WP/34/2008
Copyright (Published Version)
2008 Geary Institute
Subject – LCSH
Child development
Children--Social conditions
Parent and child
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http://geary.ucd.ie/images/Publications/WorkingPapers/gearywp200834.pdf
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
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