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Intertemporal Choices of Children and Adults from Poor Roma Communities: A Case Study from Slovakia

Želinský, Tomáš

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Poverty may have negative consequences on people’s economic behavior and literature has documented close links between time discounting and poverty. This paper investigates intertemporal choices made by children and adults from segregated Roma communities in Slovakia. The study finds that fewer children than adults prefer smaller-sooner to larger-later amounts (referred to as “quasi-impatience”). The study further examines the decisions of individuals assigned into random teams by cohorts (children, parents, grandparents), and finds no statistically significant differences in the proportions of quasi-impatient teams across the cohorts. The results also suggest that children’s decisions are correlated with those of their parents.

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Želinský, T. (2021). Intertemporal Choices of Children and Adults from Poor Roma Communities: A Case Study from Slovakia. Eastern European Economics, https://doi.org/10.1080/00128775.2021.1909424

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Apr 12, 2021
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date May 22, 2021
Publicly Available Date Oct 12, 2022
Journal Eastern European Economics
Print ISSN 0012-8775
Electronic ISSN 1557-9298
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00128775.2021.1909424

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