Combined

Mean

Early

Access

to Savings

No early

Access

to Savings

t-stats

Discount Rate (Time Game 1)

0.203

0.219

0.146

−4.459***

(0.165)

(0.164)

(0.157)

Discount Rate (Time Game 2)

0.203

0.213

0.166

−2.939***

(0.160)

(0.158)

(0.164)

Present Bias

0.231

0.227

0.244

0.396

(0.422)

(0.419)

(0.431)

Characteristics

Age

38.050

38.025

38.147

0.180

(6.840)

(6.583)

(7.753)

Marital Status (married = 1)

0.717

0.737

0.643

−2.089

(0.451)

(0.441)

(0.481)

Gender (male = 1)

0.601

0.598

0.612

0.306

(0.490)

(0.491)

(0.489)

Household Size

4.833

4.911

4.543

−2.089

(1.783)

(1.739)

(1.916)

Household head (=1)

0.764

0.782

0.698

−2.011

(0.425)

(0.413)

(0.461)

Household below 18 Years

2.542

2.693

1.977

−4.213

(1.739)

(1.722)

(1.688)

Gross Salary

5,090,344

4,873,963

5,898,837

3.080

(3,379,527)

(3,320,669)

(3,486,730)

Net Salary

3,108,429

2,925,934

3,790,310

3.318

(2,649,868)

(2,525,521)

(2,983,451)

Other Income Source (=1)

0.381

0.351

0.496

3.039

(0.486)

(0.478)

(0.502)

Servicing Loan (=1)

0.722

0.757

0.589

−3.823

(0.448)

(0.429)

(0.494)

Received Remittances

(last 3 months)

0.131

0.127

0.147

0.619

(0.338)

(0.333)

(0.356)