Journal article

Authors list: Kaiser, M; Reutter, M; Sousa-Poza, A; Strohmaier, K

Publication year: 2018

Pages: 138-147

Journal: Economics & Human Biology

Volume number: 29

ISSN: 1570-677X

eISSN: 1873-6130

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.02.004

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 

In this paper, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to investigate the effect of macroeconomic conditions (in the form of local unemployment rates) on smoking behavior. The results from our panel data models, several of which control for selection bias, indicate that the propensity to become a smoker increases significantly during an economic downturn, with an approximately 0.7 percentage point increase for each percentage point rise in the unemployment rate. Conversely, conditional on the individual being a smoker, cigarette consumption decreases with rising unemployment rates, with a one percentage point increase in the regional unemployment rate leading to a decrease in consumption up to 0.8 percent.

Harvard Citation style: Kaiser, M., Reutter, M., Sousa-Poza, A. and Strohmaier, K. (2018) Smoking and local unemployment: Evidence from Germany, Economics & Human Biology, 29, pp. 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.02.004

APA Citation style: Kaiser, M., Reutter, M., Sousa-Poza, A., & Strohmaier, K. (2018). Smoking and local unemployment: Evidence from Germany. Economics & Human Biology. 29, 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.02.004