Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267393 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15656
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study examines the long-term link between in-utero cigarette taxes and adult prenatal smoking. We use U.S. birth certificate records to demonstrate that exposure to higher in-utero cigarette taxes (over 1965-2001) reduces later-life adult pre-pregnancy and prenatal smoking. We also show that higher in-utero cigarette taxes have long-lasting effects on adult health, and intergenerational consequences for infant health. Finally, we demonstrate that larger in-utero tax responsiveness correlates with smaller contemporary cigarette tax responsiveness, suggesting that higher in-utero taxes may alter the composition of remaining smokers and contribute to reductions in contemporary cigarette tax responsiveness.
Subjects: 
prenatal smoking
cigarette taxes
long-term
early-life influences human capital
JEL: 
I12
I18
H71
H75
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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