Surveillance and Self-Control
Deborah Cobb-Clark,
Sarah C. Dahmann,
Daniel A Kamhöfer and
Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
The Economic Journal, 2024, vol. 134, issue 660, 1666-1682
Abstract:
This paper studies important determinants of adult self-control using population-representative data and exploiting Germany’s division as quasi-experimental variation. We find that former East Germans have substantially more self-control than West Germans and provide evidence for government surveillance as a possible underlying mechanism. We thereby demonstrate that institutional factors can shape people’s self-control. Moreover, we find that self-control increases linearly with age. In contrast to previous findings for children, there is no gender gap in adult self-control and family background does not predict self-control.
Date: 2024
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