Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/223764 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13322
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We investigate whether responses to the UK public places smoking ban depend on personality. Drawing on individual level panel data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) we exploit variation in the timing and location of these bans to establish their overall effect on smoking outcomes, and how this differs by personality. We measure personality using the Big Five personality traits. We are particularly interested in conscientiousness, given the evidence that it is a good proxy for self-control. Overall, we find that a one standard deviation increase in conscientiousness leads to a 1.4 percentage point reduction in the probability of smoking after the ban. Notably, this is the only Big Five personality trait that interacts with the smoking ban. This finding is very robust to different specifications.
Subjects: 
smoking ban
personality
Five Factor Model
conscientiousness
JEL: 
C23
D04
I10
I12
I18
H75
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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