Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/215296 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12900
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the cost of being too patient on happiness. We find that the relationship between patience and various measures of subjective well-being is hump- shaped: it exists an optimal amount of patience that maximizes happiness. Beyond this optimal level, higher levels of patience have a negative impact on well-being.
Subjects: 
patience
happiness
JEL: 
A10
D9
Z1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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