Lades, Leonhard K. and Delaney, Liam ORCID: 0000-0002-3644-1161 (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 |
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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: | 01 Dec 2024 04:31 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125800 |
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