Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250637 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14976
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
self-control
Brief Self-Control Scale
SOEP
stability
JEL: 
D91
D01
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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