@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp17265,
            	author={Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. and Tayeb, Haniene},
            	title={Family Stress and the Intergenerational Correlation in Self-Control},
            	year={2024},
	month={Sep},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={17265},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp17265},
	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},
            }