Validating an Ultra-Short Survey Measure of Patience

11 Pages Posted: 27 Oct 2012

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Thomas Vischer

Technische Universität München (TUM)

Thomas J. Dohmen

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); Maastricht University - Business Investment Research Center (BIRC)

Armin Falk

University of Bonn - Economic Science Area; briq - Institute on Behavior & Inequality

David Huffman

IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Swarthmore College

Jürgen Schupp

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin); Institute for Sociology, Freie Universität

Uwe Sunde

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)

Gert G. Wagner

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin); Berlin University of Technology; German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP)

Date Written: October 1, 2012

Abstract

This study presents results of the validation of an ultra-short survey measure of patience included in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Survey responses predict intertemporal choice behavior in incentive-compatible decisions in a representative sample of the German adult population.

Keywords: Time Preferences, Discounting, Validation of Survey Measures

JEL Classification: D01, D03, D91, C91

Suggested Citation

Vischer, Thomas and Dohmen, Thomas and Falk, Armin and Huffman, David and Schupp, Juergen and Sunde, Uwe and Wagner, Gert G., Validating an Ultra-Short Survey Measure of Patience (October 1, 2012). SOEPpaper No. 499, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2166797 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2166797

Thomas Vischer (Contact Author)

Technische Universität München (TUM) ( email )

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Thomas Dohmen

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) ( email )

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Armin Falk

University of Bonn - Economic Science Area ( email )

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David Huffman

IZA Institute of Labor Economics ( email )

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Swarthmore College

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Juergen Schupp

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) ( email )

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Uwe Sunde

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) ( email )

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Germany

Gert G. Wagner

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) ( email )

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