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Do children's time preferences predict future school outcomes?
This paper uses a large longitudinal dataset to study the predictive power of children's time preferences on their future school outcomes, accounting simultaneously for cognitive (IQ) and noncognitive skills (the Big Five). We show that controlling for children's IQ and the Big Five substantially reduces the association between time preferences and later outcomes. Based on Shapley-Owen decomposition results, time preferences only have negligible predictive power over both cognitive and behavioral outcomes. In contrast, conscientiousness contributes the most in predicting behavioral outcomes, while IQ and conscientiousness are the most significant predictors of cognitive outcomes.
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The China Economic Review publishes original works of scholarship which add to the knowledge of the economy of China and to economies as a discipline. We seek, in particular, papers dealing with policy, performance and institutional change. Empirical papers normally use a formal model, a data set, and standard statistical techniques. Submissions are subjected to double-blind peer review.