We study smoking persistence in ten countries using data from the European Community Household Panel. Such persistence … selectivity. We find that for both smoking decisions true state dependence is in general much smaller when unobserved individual …

We provide new cross-country evidence on smoking persistence in Europe, which can be due to both true state dependence … and individual unobserved heterogeneity. We distinguish between the two by using semi-parametric panel data selection … methods, applied to both the smoking participation and the cigarette consumption decision. We find that for both smoking …

We study smoking persistence in ten countries using data from the European Community Household Panel. Such persistence … selectivity. We find that for both smoking decisions true state dependence is in general much smaller when unobserved individual … model. -- Smoking ; panel data ; selectivity …

Our paper investigates the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation in eleven European countries. We … analyze longitudinal data of individuals by using information about their age of onset of smoking. We apply hazard rate models … to study smoking initiation. Thus, we are able to take into account observed and unobserved personal characteristics as …

The smoking effects on wages has been examined in this work using different econometric methodologies with the use of …

Our paper investigates the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation in eleven European countries. We … analyze longitudinal data of individuals by using information about their age of onset of smoking. We apply hazard rate models … to study smoking initiation. Thus, we are able to take into account observed and unobserved personal characteristics as …

reduction in the prevalence of smoking. The extent to which policies promote this latter trend, however, is less clear. We … therefore analyze the staggered introductions of smoking bans and the variation in cigarette taxes over more than twenty years … evidence that smoking bans are associated with lower levels of smoking. In contrast, higher cigarette prices tend to be …