Gender differences in smoking behavior

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 895-909

  Bauer, Thomas ^a,b,c,d   Göhlmann, Silja ^a   Sinning, Mathias ^a,c  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blinder Oaxaca decomposition; Count data models; Gender differences; Smoking; SOEP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548399860     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1259     Document Type: Article

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