Previous studies estimate that black quit rates are lower than those of whites. This paper suggests that these estimates under-state black quit propensities because they neglect racial differences in quit responses to commuting time and local unemployment rates. Ignoring these differences, the...

This is the first paper to investigate the determinants of the demand for medical care in the People?s Republic of China. It uses a data set that consists of detailed characteristics of urban households, a continuous measure of health care spending, and price. A two-part model and a discrete...