Social interactions and smoking: Evidence using multiple student cohorts, instrumental variables, and school fixed effects

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 466-484

  Fletcher, Jason M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peer effects; Smoking; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949670421     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1488     Document Type: Article

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