A Review of Consequences of Poverty on Economic Decision-Making: A Hypothesized Model of a Cognitive Mechanism

Frontiers in Psychology

Matúš Adamkovič¹ 

关键词: poverty;    scarcity;    poverty trap;    cognitive load;    executive functions;    economic decision-making;    time-discounting;    risk preference;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01784

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This review focuses on the issue of poverty affecting economic decision-making. By critically evaluating existing studies, the authors propose a structural model detailing the cognitive mechanism involved in how poverty negatively impacts economic decision-making, and explores evidence supporting the basis for the formation of this model. The suggested mechanism consists of a relationship between poverty and four other factors: (1) cognitive load (e.g., experiencing negative affect and stress); (2) executive functions (e.g., attention, working memory, and self-control); (3) intuition/deliberation in decision-making; and (4) economic decision-making (e.g., time-discounting and risk preference), with a final addition of financial literacy as a covariate. This paper focuses on shortfalls in published research, and delves further into the proposed model.

【 授权许可】

CC BY