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Co může ekonomie říct o prokrastinaci
Fibiger, Ivo ; Janíčko, Martin (advisor) ; Špecián, Petr (referee)
The thesis analyzes the measure of academic procrastination among students and the measure of general procrastination among working population with a university degree. The thesis includes 3 studies. In study 1 an experiment was conducted on 33 students of the University of Economics in Prague. The results show, that students achieve better academic results given external, evenly distributed deadlines compared to when they are allowed to set the deadlines themselves. The second study analyses long-term data about 1909 students of the University of Economics and their academic results. The results show that procrastination can influence as much as 8% of the final grade. Study 3 analyzes information about 2487 subjects and their tax-return forms. It puts into context the dates of submission of the tax returns and personal characteristics of the submitters. The results show that procrastination declines with age. Methods on how to fight procrastination are suggested at the end of the thesis.
Influence of age on measure of procrastination
Fibiger, Ivo ; Svoboda, Miroslav (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
The work investigates the measure of general procrastination of adult working population and factors, that influence it. Influence of age, gender and college education is investigated on data consisting of information about 14 086 tax return forms of Prague entrepreneurs. A negative influence of age and college education on the measure of procrastination was discovered by using econometric and statistic methods. It was also revealed that men procrastinate more than women. Hypothesis of positive influence of age on the measure of procrastination is denied. The work also suggests methods of how to lower procrastination or how to prevent it.

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