Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/179384 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
EERI Research Paper Series No. 05/2016
Publisher: 
Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels
Abstract: 
It is known that smokers are more impatient than nonsmokers and tend to prefer current benefits. However, smokers' behavior in the marriage market has not as yet been well investigated. In this paper, individual-level data, which consist of over 10,000 observations from Japan, are used to examine how preferences for divorce and extramarital sex are different between smokers and nonsmokers. After controlling for various individual characteristics, the major findings are as follows: (1) smokers are more likely to have a positive view about divorce than nonsmokers; (2) smokers are more likely to have a positive view about extramarital sex than nonsmokers. These results were observed regardless of the individual's marital status. The findings here about smoker's preferences are consistent with the characteristics of smokers suggested in the literature. The findings suggest that whether one is a smoker presents important information in the marriage market, where information asymmetry can cause problems.
Subjects: 
smokers
divorce
extramarital sex
time preference
risk preference
JEL: 
J12
J19
I18
Z13
Z18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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