In this paper we formulate and investigate experimentally a model of how individuals choose between time sequences of … association between 'irrational' choices. -- time preference ; time sequences ; negative discounting …

increased over time. This increase may have been the cause of the increase in BMI. Applying a large set of indicators for the … individual discount rate, this paper analyzes whether changes in time discounting can account for differences in body mass … between individuals at a given point in time and whether changes in the average individual discount rate can explain the …

Instruction time varies among schools, subjects, pupils and grades. This variation is positively associated with test … administrative data on delivered and timetabled instruction time in each grade throughout compulsory school for three full cohorts of … Danish children, and find positive marginal hours effects on 9th grade test scores using accumulated time which are twice as …

This paper uses several decades of US time-diary surveys to assess the impact of low-skilled immigration, through lower … prices for commercial child care, on parental time investments. Using an instrumental variables approach that accounts for … substantial reductions in the time allocated to basic child care by college-educated mothers of non-school age children. However …

speeding and gasoline prices. This presents a new methodology of deriving the 'Value of Time' (VOT) based on the intensive … VOT today is a key parameter in economics and policy. -- value of time ; speeding ; gasoline price …

. Yet, economic theory predicts that the scope for punishment as acting as a deterrent depends on how much individuals … criminals have short time horizons, then it is hard to imagine punishment acting as a key deterrent. This paper provides the … first empirical investigation of the link between time preferences and criminal behavior. Our study is made possible by …

, 733) about their momentary feelings and activities to estimate the value of time (V OT), a key input into cost … activities as well as their interactions. We are the first to value time (or indeed anything) using hedonic experiences in real-time …

Eating requires the food materials that make up meals and also time devoted to buying food, preparing meals and eating … them, and cleaning up afterwards. Using time-diary and expenditure data for the U.S. for 1985 and 2003, I examine how … income and time prices affect time and goods inputs into this household-produced commodity. Focusing on these two years …