@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp18646,
            	author={Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. and Goncalves, Juliana Silva and Tymula, Agnieszka and Wang, Xueting},
            	title={The Conceptual Foundations of Self-Control and its Link to Impulsivity and Attention},
            	year={2026},
	month={May},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={18646},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18646},
	abstract={Self-control, attention, and impulsivity jointly support goal-directed behavior yet are often examined in isolation with heterogeneous measures. We integrate validated self-reported scales with a hybrid, incentivized behavioral task that synthesizes two canonical experimental designs and adds novel extensions to measure these constructs in a typical work context. Using data from a preregistered four-session online study (N = 443 adults), we characterize the cross-relationships and the relationships between different measures of self-control, attention, and impulsivity and evaluate their contributions to effort allocation over time. More broadly, the study advances an emerging research program that leverages laboratory settings with well-structured economic incentives to examine the role of personality traits and cognitive limitations in economic decision making.},
	keywords={self-control;impulsivity;attention;measurement},
            }