Procrastination, prompts, and preferences: Evidence from daily records of self-directed learning activities

Kazuki Onji*, Rina Kikuchi

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    Abstract

    This paper presents evidence showing that a libertarian paternalistic intervention having significant but uneven effects on the student procrastination of a coursework assignment. We observe the degree of procrastination in a language course at a Japanese university with individuals' electronic records of daily activities. With a quasi-experiment that generates variations in the frequency of interventions and the preference of students towards the course, we examine the effects of in-class verbal prompts by an instructor on the timing of task completion. We find that prompts affect behavior, especially when reinforced, but the responsiveness depends on the class preferences and the timing of interventions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)929-941
    Number of pages13
    JournalJournal of Socio-Economics
    Volume40
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Dec 2011

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