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The determinants of smoking initiation : empirical evidence for Germany
Göhlmann, Silja - 2007
This paper aims at analyzing the determinants of the decision to start smoking using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The data used is a combination of retrospective information on the age individuals started smoking and, by tracing back these individuals within the panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631293
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The Determinants of Smoking Initiation - Empirical Evidence for Germany
Göhlmann, Silja - 2007
This paper aims at analyzing the determinants of the decision to start smoking using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The data used is a combination of retrospective information on the age individuals started smoking and,by tracing back these individuals within the panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224380
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Smoke signals : the intergenerational transmission of smoking behavior
Bantle, Christian; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2002
using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, surveyed in 1999 including 813 youths aged 16 through 19. We find strong … evidence, that parental smoking significantly increases the probability that their children likewise become smokers. Youths … control for other socio-economic factors concerning the youths' smoking decision like household income, educational status and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435973
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Ashes to ashes, time to time : parental time discounting and its role in the intergenerational transmission of smoking
Hübler, Philipp; Kucher, Andreas - 2016
Intergenerational correlations of risky health behaviors such as tobacco consumption are well established. However, there is still limited empirical evidence about the underlying process through which the transmission is driven. This paper aims at analyzing parental time discounting and its role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443083
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Pollution exposure and infant health : evidence from Germany
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010
This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children’s health from birth until the age of three years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution levels. These data come from the Federal Environment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701438
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Pollution exposure and infant health : evidence from Germany
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010
This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution levels. These data come from the Federal Environment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826482
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Does job loss make you smoke and gain weight?
Marcus, Jan - 2012
This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data. Baseline nonsmokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify their smoking. Job loss increases body weight slightly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009506495
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Tobacco and alcohol : complements or substitutes? : a structural model approach to insufficient price variation in individual-level data
Tauchmann, Harald; Lenz, Silja; Requate, Tilman; … - 2013
The question of whether alcohol and tobacco are consumed as complements or substitutes is crucial for determining the side-effects of anti-smoking policies. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems for alcohol and tobacco, and subsequently calculating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011488475
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Does job loss make you smoke and gain weight?
Marcus, Jan - 2014
This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behaviour and body weight using German SOEP data. Baseline non-smokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify smoking. In particular, single individuals and those with lower health or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419964
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Smoking Behaviour in Germany : Evidence from the SOEP
Heilert, Daniela - 2017
As in most OECD countries, smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption have been decreasing in Germany since the early 2000s. This paper analyses whether smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption, as well as their development over time, differ between socio-economic subgroups. Identifying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961468