Smoking initiation in Germany: The role of intergenerational transmission

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-242

  Göhlmann, Silja ^a   Schmidt, Christoph M ^a,b,c,d   Tauchmann, Harald ^a  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete time hazard model; GSOEP; Intergenerational transmission; Youths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74749106357     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1470     Document Type: Article

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