Does smoking have a causal effect on weight reduction?

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-67

  Chen, Zhuo ^a   Yen, Steven T ^b   Eastwood, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Censored regressor; Overweight; Simultaneous equations system; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847337036     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-006-9045-4     Document Type: Article

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