We evaluate one of the most prevalent prohibitory policies: banning the sales of tobacco to teens. We exploit the … than 1 percentage point reduction in teen smoking because of the bans. The reduction is substantially lower than the 5 … smoking is more dangerous. …

consumption goods involved (smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol) and their role as anxiety reducing goods which suggests that …

We investigate whether responses to the UK public places smoking ban depend on personality. Drawing on individual level … establish their overall effect on smoking outcomes, and how this differs by personality. We measure personality using the Big … point reduction in the probability of smoking after the ban. Notably, this is the only Big Five personality trait that …

variation in schooling associated with early smoking behaviour, the other uses the raising of the minimum school leaving age … instruments. I find that the instrument constructed using early smoking behaviour is valid as well as being strong, and argue that … estimates of 12.9% (early smoking), 10.2% (RoSLA) and 12.5% (both instruments). -- Human capital ; endogeneity ; local average …

consumption of health-damaging substances. In particular, the paper focuses on studying the smoking intensity of British … cigarette consumption. Results show that HE is endogenous with smoking. Once endogeneity is controlled for, HE is found to have … a higher negative effect on smoking than in models where it is treated as exogenous. -- endogenous switching ; count …

repercussions: cigarette smoking. Correlation between partners' behaviours may be due to correlated effects, as a consequence of … simple bivariate probit reveals a positive correlation between own current smoking and partner's past smoking, which is … consistent with endogenous effects. However, after controlling for individual effects, we find that own current smoking and …

smoking habits on their children's smoking decisions. In order to account for the potential endogeneity of parental smoking … habits we use instrumental variable methods. We find that mothers play a crucial role in determining their daughters' smoking … decisions, while fathers' smoking habits are transmitted primarily to their sons"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web …

focus on the effects of antenatal parental smoking and maternal labor supply net of other maternal behavior and child … characteristics. We find that maternal smoking during pregnancy reduces birth weight and fetal growth, while paternal smoking has …, although the effects in this case are weaker. -- Birth outcomes ; smoking ; mother's work ; sibling estimators ; instrumental …

endowments and investments (education and smoking in pregnancy) on the probability of having a baby who is small for gestational … maternal education and smoking in pregnancy, and investigate whether women endowed with different traits have different returns … mainly operate by changing maternal smoking, and that the physical fitness of the mother has a direct, "biological" effect on …