Time preferences, cognitive abilities and intrinsic motivation to exert effort
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F19%3A00107180" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/19:00107180 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2018.1529387" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2018.1529387</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2018.1529387" target="_blank" >10.1080/13504851.2018.1529387</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Time preferences, cognitive abilities and intrinsic motivation to exert effort
Original language description
The experimental literature has found a positive relationship between patience and performance in cognitive tests that are not incentivized by money. It has also been shown that unincentivized cognitive tests capture not only cognitive ability (CA), but also intrinsic motivation related to the test takers’ personality traits. In order to determine whether the relationship between patience and test scores is driven by intrinsic motivation or CA, we run an experiment in which subjects take either incentivized or unincentivized cognitive tests. We find that while incentivized test scores positively correlate with patience, the unincentivized scores are not related to the time preferences of our subjects. The observed correlation between patience and cognitive test scores therefore seems to be driven by CA rather than by intrinsic motivation related to personality traits.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50201 - Economic Theory
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-19492S" target="_blank" >GA18-19492S: The Effect of Housing Conditions on Preferences and Behavior: Lab-in-the-Field Experiments with Participants of a Randomized Controlled Trial</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Applied Economics Letters
ISSN
1350-4851
e-ISSN
1466-4291
Volume of the periodical
26
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
1033-1037
UT code for WoS article
000462880600012
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85054345600