Procrastination, academic success and the effectiveness of a remedial program

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 217-236

  De Paola, Maria ^a,b   Scoppa, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic success; Dropout; Impatience; Procrastination; Remedial courses; Time consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941317524     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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