Amialchuk, Aliaksandr; Bornukova, Kateryna; Ali, Mir M. - Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center - 2012
It has been hypothesized that the rising obesity rates in many countries are an unintended consequence of anti-smoking policies. However, evidence of a causal effect of smoking on body weight is mixed. Using a large nationally representative survey from Belarus, we estimate the effect of the...