Against the background of the current “Speed-Up Society,” which seems to foster a trade-off between economic success and climate change, we study whether the individual Pace of Life is associated with productivity and pro-environmental behavior on the micro-level. In a controlled laboratory environment with students in Germany, we measured the productivity of participants in a real effort task, quantified their pro-environmental behavior, and recorded their individual Pace of Life. We find that individuals with a fast Pace of Life are significantly more productive. However, individuals with a fast Pace of Life behave less pro-environmentally if they are men and more pro-environmentally if they are women.

在当前“加速社会”的背景下，似乎促进了经济成功与气候变化之间的权衡，我们研究了个人的生活节奏是否与微观层面的生产力和环保行为相关. 在德国学生的受控实验室环境中，我们测量了参与者在实际努力任务中的生产力，量化了他们的环保行为，并记录了他们个人的生活节奏。我们发现生活节奏快的人的工作效率明显更高。然而，与快速的个人的生活节奏表现得不太亲环境，如果他们是男性，更 如果她们是女性，则有利于环保。