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Can Patience Account for Subnational Differences in Student Achievement? Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests

Eric A. Hanushek,
Lavinia Kinne,
Pietro Sancassani,
Ludger Woessmann

Decisions to invest in human capital depend on people’s time preferences. We show that differences in patience are closely related to substantial subnational differences in educational achievement, leading to new perspectives on longstanding within-country disparities. We use social-media data – Facebook interests – to construct novel regional measures of patience within Italy and the United States. Patience is strongly positively associated with student achievement in both countries, accounting for two-thirds of the achievement variation across Italian regions and one-third across U.S. states. Results also hold for six other countries with more limited regional achievement data.

Keywords
patience, student achievement, regions, social media, Facebook
Education level
Post-secondary education
Topics
Student Learning
Tags
International and comparative,
Student engagement
Download 09/2023
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/6gyz-m538
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
Hanushek, Eric A., Lavinia Kinne, Pietro Sancassani, and Ludger Woessmann. (). Can Patience Account for Subnational Differences in Student Achievement? Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests. (EdWorkingPaper: -852). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/6gyz-m538

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