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| Title: | | Non-pecuniary returns to higher education: the effect on smoking intensity in the UK  |
| Authors: | | Miranda, Alfonso Bratti, Massimiliano |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 2090 |
| Abstract: | | In this paper we investigate whether higher education (HE) produces non-pecuniary returns via a reduction in the consumption of health-damaging substances. In particular, the paper focuses on studying the smoking intensity of British individuals. We use data on current smokers from the 1970 British Cohort Study and estimate endogenous switching count models for cigarette consumption. Results show that HE is endogenous with smoking. Once endogeneity is controlled for, HE is found to have a higher negative effect on smoking than in models where it is treated as exogenous. |
| Subjects: | | endogenous switching count data higher education smoking UK |
| JEL: | | C35 I12 I21 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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