positive wage effect of about the same size. The wages of females are not affected by smoking and drinking. …

cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviours. We find that mental distress significantly increases the prevalence and …

The classical Heckman (1976, 1979) selection correction estimator (heckit) is misspecified and inconsistent if an … interaction of the outcome variable and an explanatory variable matters for selection. To address this specification problem, a …

interest if side-effects of anti-smoking policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by … tobacco are complements. Hence, we conclude that successful anti-smoking policies will not result in the unintended side …

strong habits in drinking and smoking, and the absence of habits in fat and protein consumption. We also found evidence of … differences for demand for fat and cigarettes. Older consumers seem to be more persistent in their drinking and smoking behavior …

We study smoking persistence in ten countries using data from the European Community Household Panel. Such persistence … selectivity. We find that for both smoking decisions true state dependence is in general much smaller when unobserved individual …

interest if side-effects of anti-smoking policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by … tobacco are complements. Hence, we conclude that successful anti-smoking policies will not result in the unintended side …

We study smoking persistence in ten countries using data from the European Community Household Panel. Such persistence … selectivity. We find that for both smoking decisions true state dependence is in general much smaller when unobserved individual … model. -- Smoking ; panel data ; selectivity …

side-effects of anti-smoking policies. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems … complements. Hence, we conclude that successful anti-smoking policies will not result in the unintended side-effect of an …