This study presents results of the validation of an ultra-short survey measure of patience included in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Survey responses predict intertemporal choice behavior in incentive-compatible decisions in a representative sample of the German adult population.

This paper studies risk attitudes using a large representative survey and a complementary experiment conducted with a representative subject pool in subjects’ homes. Using a question asking people about their willingness to take risks \"in general\", we find that gender, age, height, and...

This paper studies risk attitudes using a large representative survey and a complementary experiment conducted with a representative subject pool in subjects’ homes. Using a question asking people about their willingness to take risks “in general”, we find that gender, age, height, and...

Haushaltspanels wurden weltweit vorwiegend zu dem Zweck begonnen, die Dynamik der Einkommensverteilung und -armut abzubilden; die erste Panelstudie, die 1968 begonnene PSID, führt diesen Aspekt sogar im Namen: Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Entsprechend liegen sehr viele Veröffentlichungen...