@EdWorkingPaper{ai19-163,
title = "Fostering Patience in the Classroom: Results from Randomized Educational Intervention",
author = "Sule Alan, Seda Ertac",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "163",
year = "2019",
month = "November",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai19-163",
abstract = {We evaluate the impact of a randomized educational intervention on children’s intertemporal choices. The intervention aims to improve the ability to imagine future selves, and encourages forward-looking behavior using a structured curriculum delivered by children’s own trained teachers. We find that treated students make more patient intertemporal decisions in incentivized experimental tasks. The results persist almost 3 years after the intervention, replicate well in a different sample, and are robust across different experimental elicitation methods. The effects also extend beyond experimental outcomes: we find that treated students are significantly less likely to receive a low “behavior grade”.},
}