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The determinants of smoking initiation : empirical evidence for Germany
Göhlmann, Silja - 2007
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631293
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The Determinants of Smoking Initiation - Empirical Evidence for Germany
Göhlmann, Silja - 2007
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224380
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Smoke signals : the intergenerational transmission of smoking behavior
Bantle, Christian; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2002
using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, surveyed in 1999 including 813 youths aged 16 through 19. We find strong … evidence, that parental smoking significantly increases the probability that their children likewise become smokers. Youths … control for other socio-economic factors concerning the youths' smoking decision like household income, educational status and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260787
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Smoke signals : the intergenerational transmission of smoking behavior
Bantle, Christian; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2002
using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, surveyed in 1999 including 813 youths aged 16 through 19. We find strong … evidence, that parental smoking significantly increases the probability that their children likewise become smokers. Youths … control for other socio-economic factors concerning the youths' smoking decision like household income, educational status and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435973
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How Does Heterogeneity Shape the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health Satisfaction?
Jones, Andrew M.; Schurer, Stefanie - 2007
Individual heterogeneity plays a key role in explaining variation in self-reported well-being and, in particular, health satisfaction. It is hypothesised that the influence of this heterogeneity varies over levels of health and increases over the life-cycle. These hypotheses are tested with data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264681
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Ashes to ashes, time to time : parental time discounting and its role in the intergenerational transmission of smoking
Hübler, Philipp; Kucher, Andreas - 2016
Intergenerational correlations of risky health behaviors such as tobacco consumption are well established. However, there is still limited empirical evidence about the underlying process through which the transmission is driven. This paper aims at analyzing parental time discounting and its role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443083
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Pollution Exposure and Infant Health: Evidence from Germany
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010
This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution levels. These data come from the Federal Environment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600954
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Substance use and earnings : the case of smokers in Germany
Schwarze, Johannes; Heineck, Guido - 2003
This paper examines the effect of smoking behavior on earnings. Using data from the GSOEP, both cross-sectional and longitudinal models are estimated separately for males and females. Results for the cross-sectional models confirm prior analyses inasmuch as smoking has a negative effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261910
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Who Smokes and How Much? - Empirical Evidence for Germany
Göhlmann, Silja - 2007
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 campaigns. However, this purpose requires knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264698
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Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? – A Structural Model Approach
Tauchmann, Harald; Göhlmann, Silja; Requate, Till; … - 2007
The question of whether two drugs - namely alcohol and tobacco - are used as complements or substitutes is of crucial interest if side-effects of anti-smoking policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems for alcohol and tobacco and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264706