Self-control failures, as judged by themselves

Lades, Leonhard K. and Delaney, Liam (2024) Self-control failures, as judged by themselves. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11 (1). ISSN 2662-9992

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Abstract

The existence of self-control failures is often used to legitimize public policy interventions. The argument is that reducing self-control failures can make people better off, as judged by themselves. However, there is only scarce evidence on the frequency and welfare costs of self-control failures. This paper presents a survey method that allows us to measure self-control failures in everyday life and to identify their welfare costs in terms of associations with experienced subjective well-being. We present novel survey evidence using this method and discuss its implications for behavioural welfare economics and behavioural public policy.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2024 14:45
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2024 18:30
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125800

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