We provide evidence that living with an unmarried mother during childhood raises smoking propensities for young adults …

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 … virtually no effect. Mothers' work interruptions of up to two months before birth have a positive effect on birth outcomes …

We provide evidence that living with an unmarried mother during childhood raises smoking propensities for young adults … in Germany. -- Smoking ; lone parent ; childhood family structure ; divorce ; unobserved heterogeneity …