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American Economic Review· 2013Q1

The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets

M. Keith Chen

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Speakers of languages that grammatically link the future with the present save more, retire with more wealth, smoke less, practice safer sex, and are less obese compared to speakers of languages that do not.

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Field: Demography

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