Sule Alan|Seda Ertaç
Fostering Patience in the Classroom: Results from Randomized Educational Intervention
University of Essex|Koç University
evaluate impact randomized educational intervention childrens intertemporal choices intervention aims improve ability imagine future selves encourages forwardlooking behavior using structured curriculum delivered childrens trained teachers find treated students make patient intertemporal decisions incentivized experimental tasks results persist almost 3 years intervention replicate well different sample robust across different experimental elicitation methods effects also extend beyond experimental outcomes find treated students significantly less likely receive low behavior grade