Automated Author Profile

Chen, M. Keith

Current S-Index

4.7

Sum of Dataset Indices for all datasets

Average Dataset Index per Dataset

2.3

Average Dataset Index per dataset

Total Datasets

2

Total datasets for this author

Average FAIR Score

69.2%

Average FAIR Score per dataset

Total Citations

3

Total citations to the author's datasets

Total Mentions

0

Total mentions of the author's datasets

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Cumulative Citations Over Time

Cumulative Mentions Over Time

Datasets

Replication data for: The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets (Version: 1)

Languages differ widely in the ways they encode time. I test the hypothesis that the languages that grammatically associate the future and the present, foster future-oriented behavior. This prediction arises naturally when well-documented effects of language structure are merged with models of intertemporal choice. Empirically, I find that speakers of such languages: save more, retire with more wealth, smoke less, practice safer sex, and are less obese. This holds both across countries and within countries when comparing demographically similar native households. The evidence does not support the most obvious forms of common causation. I discuss implications for theories of intertemporal choice. (JEL D14, D83, E21, I12, J26, Z13)

Authors

  • Chen, M. Keith
2 Citations0 Mentions69% FAIR2.6 Dataset Index
10.3886/e116114v1January 2013

Replication data for: The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets (Version: V0)

Languages differ widely in the ways they encode time. I test the hypothesis that the languages that grammatically associate the future and the present, foster future-oriented behavior. This prediction arises naturally when well-documented effects of language structure are merged with models of intertemporal choice. Empirically, I find that speakers of such languages: save more, retire with more wealth, smoke less, practice safer sex, and are less obese. This holds both across countries and within countries when comparing demographically similar native households. The evidence does not support the most obvious forms of common causation. I discuss implications for theories of intertemporal choice. (JEL D14, D83, E21, I12, J26, Z13)

Authors

  • Chen, M. Keith
1 Citation0 Mentions69% FAIR2.0 Dataset Index
10.3886/e116114January 2013