We use instrumental variable methods to investigate whether the impact of parental smoking habits on their children …'s smoking decisions is a causal one. We find evidence of same-sex role models in two-parent households: mothers play a crucial … role in determining their daughters' smoking decisions, while fathers' smoking habits are primarily imitated by their sons …

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 …

This paper analyzes the effects of a ban on smoking in public places upon firms and consumers. It presents a … theoretical model and tests its predictions using unique data from before and after the introduction of smoking bans in the UK … smoking and non-smoking pubs (which can be operationalized via licensing). If the market equilibrium has almost all pubs …