Savings education: Learning the value of self-control.

This article proposes a funded school-based allowance and savings program targeted at economically disadvantaged students with poor educational outcomes to help poor children develop less present-biased time preference patterns so as to increase student effort and skills acquisition, avoid the pitfa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Patricia A. Hutton, James M. Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 2005-04-01
Series:Education Policy Analysis Archives
Online Access:http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/133