%0 Report
        %A Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
%A Dahmann, Sarah C.
%A Kamhöfer, Daniel A.
%A Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah
        %T The Determinants of Population Self-Control 
        %D 2022
        %8 2022 Mar
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 15175
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15175
        %X 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.
        %K determinants of self-control
%K Brief Self-Control Scale
%K population-representative evidence
%K German division
%K quasi-experiments
%K compulsory schooling reforms