%0 Report
        %A Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
%A Kong, Nancy
%A Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah
        %T The Stability of Self-Control in a Population Representative Study
        %D 2021
        %8 2021 Dec
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 14976
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14976
        %X We investigate the stability of self-control at the population level. Analyzing repeated Brief Self-Control Scale scores, we demonstrate that self-control exhibits a high degree of mean-level, rank-order, and individual-level stability over the medium term. Changes in self-control are not associated with major life events, nor are they economically important. The stability of self-control is particularly striking given our study period (2017-2020) spans the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
        %K self-control
%K Brief Self-Control Scale
%K SOEP
%K stability