Family Stress and the Intergenerational Correlation in Self-Control

Deborah Cobb-Clark and Haniene Tayeb
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Haniene Tayeb: ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course

No 17265, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We examine the correlation in self-control between parents and their young-adult children. Analyzing two decades of population-representative panel data, we exploit variation in the family environment during childhood to investigate how family stress related to: i) parenting responsibilities; ii) parents' relationship quality; iii) household finances; and iv) poor mental health shapes the transmission of self-control across generations. A finite mixture model is used to account for unobserved heterogeneity in young adults' capacity for self-control. Our results indicate that some young people may be particularly sensitive to growing up in a stressful environment, opening the door for family stress to shape the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage through the formation of self-control.

Keywords: intergenerational self-control; Brief Self-Control Scale; finite mixture models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 D91 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2024-09
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