The relationship between lifestyle choices and health has been widely studied in the epidemiological and economic … a health production function and reduced form equations for lifestyles. As a result, behaviors toward health are taken … to be determined by exogenous socio-economic variables. In this article, we show that health is a key determinant of …

indicate wide latitude for health improvements from banning smoking in public places. …Public-place smoking restrictions are the most important non-price tobacco control measures worldwide, yet surprisingly … laws had no effects on smoking but induced large and statistically significant reductions in public-place ETS exposure …

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 …

, single individuals and those with lower health or socioeconomic status prior to job loss exhibit high rates of smoking …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 …

While the health risks associated with smoking are well known, the impact on income distributions is not. This paper … extends the literature by examining the distributional effects of a behavioral choice, in this case smoking, on net marginal … NMSSTR than nonsmokers. In addition, as low-earnings workers have a higher smoking prevalence than high-earnings workers …

We use nine waves of BHPS data to examine interactions between spouses in terms of a behaviour with important health … 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 …

accompanied by a reference to a smoking cessation helpline and supportive television commercials. Applying an event study … warnings combined with a reference to a smoking cessation helpline and supportive media campaigns are an important tobacco … between pictorial warnings and smoking behaviour - prevalence, quitting, initiating and relapsing. The pictorial warnings were …

This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity …

This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity …

This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education and body weight and smoking behavior among women in … Turkey. We exploit the largely exogenous and substantial increase in the openings of universities throughout Turkey. Based on … BMI by about 0.21% and the probability of being classified as obese by 0.44 percentage points. Regarding smoking, we find …