TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Paola, Maria De
AU  - Scoppa, Vincenzo
        TI  - Procrastination, Academic Success and the Effectiveness of a Remedial Program
        PY  - 2014/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8021
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8021
        AB  - Procrastination produces harmful effects for human capital investments and studying activities. Using data from a large sample of Italian undergraduates, we measure procrastination with the actual behaviour of students, considering the delay in finalizing their university enrolment procedure. We firstly show that procrastination is a strong predictor of students' educational achievements. This result holds true controlling for quite reliable measures of cognitive abilities, a number of background characteristics and indicators of students' motivation. Secondly, we investigate, using a Regression Discontinuity Design, the effects of a remedial program in helping students with different propensity to procrastinate. We show that the policy especially advantages students who tend to procrastinate, suggesting that also policies not directly aimed at handling procrastination can help to solve self-control problems.
        KW  - dropout
KW  - procrastination
KW  - self-control
KW  - time preferences
KW  - time consistency
KW  - impatience
KW  - human capital
KW  - academic success
KW  - remedial courses
        ER  -