Arbeitspapier

The determinants of population self-control

This paper demonstrates that structural factors can shape people's self-control. We study the determinants of adult self-control using population-representative data and exploiting two sources of quasi-experimental variation|Germany's division and compulsory schooling reforms. We find that former East Germans have substantially higher levels of self-control than West Germans and provide evidence for suppression as a possible underlying mechanism. An increase in compulsory schooling had no causal effect on 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.

ISBN
978-3-86304-384-1
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: DICE Discussion Paper ; No. 385

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General‡
Single Equation Models: Single Variables: Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
Thema
determinants of self-control
quasi-experiments
German division
compulsory schooling reforms
population-representative evidence
Brief Self-Control Scale

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
Dahmann, Sarah Christina
Kamhöfer, Daniel A.
Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
(wo)
Düsseldorf
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
  • Dahmann, Sarah Christina
  • Kamhöfer, Daniel A.
  • Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah
  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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