Sarah C Dahmann

Intergenerational disadvantage: Learning about equal opportunity from social assistance receipt

Deborah A Cobb-Clark, Sarah C Dahmann, Nicolás Salamanca, Anna Zhu

Journal article  |  2022  |  Labour Economics

We use variation in the intergenerational persistence across social assistance benefits over 18 years to study the drivers of inte..

Depression, Risk Preferences and Risk-taking Behavior

Deborah A Cobb-Clark, Sarah C Dahmann, Nathan Kettlewell

Journal article  |  2022  |  Journal of Human Resources

Depression affects the way that people process information and make decisions, including those involving risk and uncertainty. Our..

Locus of Control, Self-Control, and Health Outcomes

Ferdi Botha, Sarah C Dahmann

Report  |  2022

We provide the first empirical evidence on the direct link between locus of control and self-control, and how they interact in ex..

Locus of control, self-control, and health outcomes

Ferdinand Botha, Sarah C Dahmann

Report  |  2022

We provide the first empirical evidence on the direct link between locus of control and self control, and how they interact in exp..

The Predictive Power of Self-Control for Life Outcomes

Deborah A Cobb-Clark, Sarah C Dahmann, Daniel A Kamhoefer, Hannah Schildberg-Hoerisch

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION

This study investigates the predictive power of self-control for individuals and their children using population representative da..

The Determinants of Population Self-Control

Deborah A Cobb-Clark, Sarah C Dahmann, Daniel Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

Report  |  2022

This paper demonstrates that structural factors can shape people’s self-control. We study the determinants of adult self-control ..

Self-Control and Unhealthy Body Weight: The Role of Impulsivity and Restraint

Deborah A Cobb-Clark, Sarah C Dahmann, Daniel Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

Report  |  2022

Parental separation and the formation of economic preferences

Sarah Dahmann, Nathan Kettlewell, Jack Lam

Report  |  2022

We estimate the effect of parental separation on the risk and trust attitudes of German adolescents using a large household surve..

Parental Separation and the Formation of Economic Preferences

Sarah C Dahmann, Nathan Kettlewell, Jack Lam

Report  |  2022

We estimate the effect of parental separation on the risk and trust attitudes of German adolescents using a large household surve..

Self-control and unhealthy body weight: the role of impulsivity and restraint

Deborah A Cobb-Clark, Sarah Dahmann, Daniel A Kamhöfer, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

Report  |  2022

We examine the relationship between trait self-control and body weight. Data from a population representative household survey re..