inasmuch as smoking has a negative effect on earnings for males. However, applying fixed-effects estimation, this effect is …This paper examines the effect of smoking behavior on earnings. Using data from the GSOEP, both cross-sectional and … found to be inverted for men aged 25 to 35 years compared to their non-smoking counterparts. That is, controlling for …

This paper studies the short-term impact of public smoking bans on hospitalizations in Germany. It exploits the … staggered implementation of smoking bans over time and across the 16 federal states along with the universe of hospitalizations … from 2000-2008 and daily county-level weather and pollution data. Smoking bans in bars and restaurants have been effective …

This paper studies the short-term impact of public smoking bans on hospitalizations in Germany. It exploits the … staggered implementation of smoking bans over time and across the 16 federal states along with the universe of hospitalizations … from 2000-2008 and daily county-level weather and pollution data. Smoking bans in bars and restaurants have been effective …

macro-economic conditions in the form of regional unemployment rates. The results from our panel data models, several of … downturn, with an approximately 0.7 percentage point increase for each one percentage point rise in the unemployment rate … percentage point increase in the regional unemployment rate leading to an up to 0.8 percent decrease in consumption …

This paper studies the short-term impact of public smoking bans on hospitalizations in Germany. It exploits the … staggered implementation of smoking bans over time and across the 16 federal states along with the universe of hospitalizations … from 2000-2008 and daily county-level weather and pollution data. Smoking bans in bars and restaurants have been effective …

Germany. We apply an instrumental variables approach using as natural experiments several changes in compulsory schooling laws … weight problems for both sexes. On the other hand, we find little evidence for a causal effect of education on smoking …

interest if side-effects of anti-smoking policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by … explanatory variables.This approach is applied to German survey data. Our estimation results suggest that a reduction in tobacco … tobacco are complements. Hence, we conclude that successful anti-smoking policies will not result in the unintended side …

This paper aims at analyzing the determinants of the decision to start smoking using data from the German Socio …-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The data used is a combination of retrospective information on the age individuals started smoking and …,by tracing back these individuals within the panel structure up to the point they started smoking, information on characteristics …

waves of the Mikrozensus, this paper portrays the smoking population in Germany to ascertain the socio …Smoking is associated with high economic costs, because it increases the risk and incidence of several illnesses. A … promising instrument to reduce these costs is to decrease tobacco consumption by developing target group-oriented non-smoking …

explanatory variables. This approach is applied to German survey data. Our estimation results suggest that a reduction in tobacco …