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
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978-3-86304-384-1
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: DICE Discussion Paper ; No. 385
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General‡
Single Equation Models: Single Variables: Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
- Thema
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determinants of self-control
quasi-experiments
German division
compulsory schooling reforms
population-representative evidence
Brief Self-Control Scale
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
Dahmann, Sarah Christina
Kamhöfer, Daniel A.
Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
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Düsseldorf
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2022
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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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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