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dc.contributor.authorSchunck, Reinharden
dc.contributor.authorRogge, Benedikt G.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-30-
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-31T14:46:30Z-
dc.date.available2012-10-31T14:46:30Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/65683-
dc.description.abstractBackground: This study investigates possible mechanisms that can explain the association between unemployment and smoking, that is a) unemployment increases smoking probability (causation), b) smoking increases the probability to become unemployed (selection), and c) differences in both smoking and unemployment probabilities trace back to differences in socio-economic position (common cause). Methods: Longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) from the years 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008 were used to examine the effect of unemployment on smoking probability and vice versa (65,823 observations from 18,735 respondents, aged 18-60 years). Effects were estimated by using random and fixed effects logistic panel regressions. Results: Results from the random effects logistic regression model suggest that unemployed have a higher probability to smoke and that smokers have a higher probability to become unemployed. However, the fixed effects models indicate that the observed associations are driven by unobserved factors. Results indicate that both smoking and unemployment probability co-vary systematically with (childhood) socio-economic position. Conclusion: In contrast to previous studies, the present investigation suggests that there is neither a direct causal effect of unemployment on smoking behaviour nor a direct effect of smoking on unemployment probability. Rather, smoking and unemployment seem to be related through a common cause, with people from low socio-economic backgrounds being more likely to smoke as well as to become unemployed. These findings are interpreted in the frame of a life course perspective on the development of socially unequal health behaviours.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research |x491en
dc.subject.jelI12en
dc.subject.jelJ64en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordhealth behaviouren
dc.subject.keywordsmokingen
dc.subject.keywordunemploymenten
dc.subject.keywordlongitudinal analysisen
dc.subject.keywordlife courseen
dc.subject.keywordhealth inequalityen
dc.subject.keywordfixed effectsen
dc.subject.keywordrandom effectsen
dc.subject.stwArbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwRauchenen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleUnemployment and smoking: Causation, selection, or common cause? Evidence from longitudinal data-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn728890852en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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