Self-control in Economic Behaviour

该项目旨在使用澳大利亚的最新数据来研究人们的自控力如何影响他们的经济行为。该项目希望通过测试两种新的方法来确定人们是否理解他们自己的自我控制问题，并进行一项将人们的自我控制与他们的生活机会联系起来的创新研究计划，以推动科学的发展。预期结果包括：1)了解驱动自我控制能力的因素；2)自我控制在促进福祉方面的作用；3)通过更好的自我控制改善结果的政策选择。这将在支持政府的优先投资办法和行为经济学小组等政策议程方面带来重大好处。

This project aims to use new Australian data to study the way that people’s self-control affects their economic behaviour. This project expects to advance science by testing two new ways of identifying whether people understand their own self-control issues and conducting an innovative program of research that links people’s self-control to their life chances. Expected outcomes include an understanding of i) the factors driving the capacity for self-control; ii) the role of self-control in promoting wellbeing; and iii) policy options for improving outcomes through better self-control. This should provide significant benefits in supporting policy agendas such as the Government’s Priority Investment Approach and behavioural economics teams.