Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33228 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2090
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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

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