@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp15175,
            	author={Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. and Dahmann, Sarah C. and Kamhöfer, Daniel A. and Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah},
            	title={The Determinants of Population Self-Control },
            	year={2022},
	month={Mar},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={15175},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15175},
	abstract={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.},
	keywords={determinants of self-control;Brief Self-Control Scale;population-representative evidence;German division;quasi-experiments;compulsory schooling reforms},
            }