TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
AU  - Kong, Nancy
AU  - Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah
        TI  - The Stability of Self-Control in a Population Representative Study
        PY  - 2021/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14976
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14976
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - self-control
KW  - Brief Self-Control Scale
KW  - SOEP
KW  - stability
        ER  -