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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

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39 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8678
Locus of Control and the Labor Market
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4:3,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8487
Locus of Control and Its Intergenerational Implications for Early Childhood Skill Formation
Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Francesca Cornaglia, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Nele Warrinnier
published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128(608), 298-329
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8269
The Effect of Personality Traits on Subject Choice and Performance in High School: Evidence from an English Cohort
Silvia Mendolia, Ian Walker
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 43 , 47-65
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8203
Bouncing Back from Health Shocks: Locus of Control, Labor Supply, and Mortality
Stefanie Schurer
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,133, 1-20, 2017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8139
The Impact of Education on Personality: Evidence from a German High School Reform
Sarah C. Dahmann, Silke Anger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7837
Locus of Control and Savings
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. de New, Mathias Sinning
published in: Journal of Banking and Finance, 2016, 73, 113-130
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7792
Jailer of Freedom and Enemy of Growth? The Role of Personal and Social Identities in Educational Choices
Giuseppina Autiero, Niall O'Higgins
published in: International Review of Applied Economics, 2016, 30(5), 591-604
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7301
The Effect of Non-Cognitive Traits on Health Behaviours in Adolescence
Silvia Mendolia, Ian Walker
published in: Health Economics, 2014, 23 (9), 1146-1158
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6789
Healthy Habits: The Connection between Diet, Exercise, and Locus of Control
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sonja C. de New, Stefanie Schurer
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 98, 1-28
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6470
The Relationship Between Economic Preferences and Psychological Personality Measures
Anke Becker, Thomas Deckers, Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse
published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2012, 4, 453-478
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6090
A Critique and Reframing of Personality in Labour Market Theory: Locus of Control and Labour Market Outcomes
Eileen Trzcinski, Elke Holst
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5948
Search, Effort, and Locus of Control
Andrew McGee, Peter McGee
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2016, 126 (Part A), 89 - 101
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5630
Two Economists’ Musings on the Stability of Locus of Control
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Stefanie Schurer
published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (570), F358-F400
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5566
Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed
Marco Caliendo, Frank M. Fossen, Alexander S. Kritikos
revised version published in: Small Business Economics, 2014, 42 (4), 787-814
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5289
Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages
Rémi Piatek, Pia Pinger
substantially revised version published as 'Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Data Combination for the Identification and Inference of Factor Structure Models' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, 31(3), 734-755
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4907
Are Young People's Educational Outcomes Linked to their Sense of Control?
Juan D. Barón, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4750
Locus of Control and Job Search Strategies
Marco Caliendo, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Arne Uhlendorff
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97(1), 88-103, Supplementary Appendix available
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4628
Returns for Entrepreneurs vs. Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vs. Wage Employees
Mirjam C. van Praag, Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Justin van der Sluis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3894
Do People Become Healthier after Being Promoted?
Christopher J. Boyce, Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Health Economics, 2012, 21, 580-596
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