Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33730 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2279
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We analyze data from the 1994-2002 waves of the British Household Panel Survey to explore the influence of parental smoking habits on their children's smoking decisions. In order to account for the potential endogeneity of parental smoking habits we use instrumental variable methods. We find that mothers play a crucial role in determining their daughters' smoking decisions, while fathers' smoking habits are transmitted primarily to their sons
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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