We estimate the causal impact of school smoking bans in Germany on the propensity and intensity of smoking. Using … such smoking bans to identify the effects of interest. The estimates from our multipledifferences approach show that six to … ten years after intervention, propensity towards smoking is reduced by 7-16 percent, while the number of smoked cigarettes …

This paper analyzes the relationship between higher education and body weight and smoking behavior among women in … BMI by about 0.21% and the probability of being classified as obese by 0.44 percentage points. Regarding smoking, we find …

This paper estimates the causal effects of parental education on their children's risky health behaviours and health … in family income, family stability, fertility and parental health-related behaviours are less relevant empirically. The … intergenerational effects of education on health and health-related behaviours exceed the direct effects. Studies neglecting the …

peer health and also in reactivity to peer influence. This paper estimates heterogeneity in the peer effects of obesity … suggest that policies that reduce obesity could simultaneously widen some existing health disparities due to the … programs that seek to leverage social interactions for better health outcomes. …

important infant health measures such as birth weight. Cigarette taxes decrease smoking amongst pregnant women, thereby leading … cigarette taxes leads to improvements in the health of newborns which are larger for babies of low educated mothers. In a second …Smoking during pregnancy is most common among women with a low socioeconomic status and is negatively associated with …

In this study, we analyse the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health in adulthood … age reduces the long-term risk to smoke, improves long-term health, and affects physical rather than mental health. In …