Data and Code for "The cost of being too patient"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Paola Giuliano, UCLA Anderson School of Management; Paola Sapienza, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Version:  View help for Version V2

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GiulianoSapienza_appendix.do text/x-stata-syntax 34.3 KB 03/17/2020 11:33:AM
GiulianoSapienza_datacleaning.do text/x-stata-syntax 6.1 KB 03/16/2020 10:15:AM
GiulianoSapienza_mainpaper.do text/x-stata-syntax 7.7 KB 03/13/2020 11:33:AM
README.pdf application/pdf 227.9 KB 03/20/2020 09:55:AM
README_data.pdf application/pdf 223.8 KB 03/11/2020 01:11:PM
README_programs.pdf application/pdf 88.1 KB 03/16/2020 10:09:AM
gps.dta application/x-stata 11.3 MB 03/17/2020 11:33:AM

Project Citation: 

Giuliano, Paola, and Sapienza, Paola. Data and Code for “The cost of being too patient.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-08-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/E118344V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We study the cost of being too patient on happiness. We find that the relationship between patience and various measures of subjective well-being is hump-shaped: it exists an optimal amount of patience that maximizes happiness. Beyond this optimal level, higher levels of patience have a negative impact on well-being.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Culture; patience; happiness
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      A10 General Economics: General
      D90 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General
      Z10 Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Global
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2012 – 2012
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data


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