Procrastination, academic success and the effectiveness of a remedial program

•We measure students’ procrastination with the delay in finalizing their university enrolment.•We show that procrastination is a strong predictor of students’ educational achievements.•Using a Regression Discontinuity Design we show that remedial courses especially advantage procrastinators. Procras...

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Volume:	115
Main Author:	De Paola, Maria Scoppa, Vincenzo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.07.2015 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
published in:	Journal of economic behavior & organization Vol. 115; pp. 217 - 236
ORCID:	0000-0002-2774-0258
Data of publication:	July 2015
ISSN:	0167-2681 1879-1751
EISSN:	1879-1751
Discipline:	Business Economics
Subjects:	Procrastination Impatience Academic success Time consistency Remedial courses Dropout Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Academic achievement College attendance Procrastination Time consistency D03 Impatience Academic success I21 J01 D91 J24 Remedial courses Dropout FIELD RISK-AVERSION INCENTIVES MODEL CHILDREN REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGNS PREFERENCES ECONOMICS
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2015 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS