Gender Differences in Smoking Behavior

Thomas Bauer (), Silja Göhlmann and Mathias Sinning ()
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No 2259, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper investigates gender differences in smoking behavior using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP). We develop a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method for count data models which allows to isolate the part of the gender differential in the number of cigarettes daily smoked that can be explained by differences in observable characteristics from the part attributable to differences in coefficients. Our results reveal that the major part of the gender smoking differential is attributable to differences in coefficients indicating substantial differences in the smoking behavior between men and women rather than differences in characteristics.

Keywords: gender differences; Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition; SOEP; smoking; count data models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2006-08
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Published - published in: Health Economics, 2007, 16 (9), 895-909

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Journal Article: Gender differences in smoking behavior (2007)
Working Paper: Gender Differences in Smoking Behaviour (2006)
Working Paper: Gender Differences in Smoking Behavior (2006)
Working Paper: Gender Differences in Smoking Behavior (2006)
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