The Stability of Self-Control in a Population Representative Study

Deborah Cobb-Clark, Nancy Kong () and Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch ()
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Nancy Kong: University of Sydney
Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch: Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Hannah Schildberg-Hoerisch ()

No 14976, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We investigate the stability of self-control at the population level. Analyzing repeated Brief Self-Control Scale scores, we demonstrate that self-control exhibits a high degree of mean-level, rank-order, and individual-level stability over the medium term. Changes in self-control are not associated with major life events, nor are they economically important. The stability of self-control is particularly striking given our study period (2017-2020) spans the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: self-control; Brief Self-Control Scale; SOEP; stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 D91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2021-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe, nep-evo, nep-hea and nep-neu
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Published - published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2023, 95, 102599.

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