The Causal Effects of Youth Cigarette Addiction and Education

Rong Hai ()
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Rong Hai: Department of Economics, University of Miami

No wp2022-01, Working Papers from University of Miami, Department of Economics

Abstract: We develop and estimate a life-cycle model in a rational addiction framework where youth choose to smoke, attend school, work part-time, and consume while facing borrowing constraints. The model features multiple channels for studying the reciprocal causal effects of addiction and education. Variations in endowments and cigarette prices are sources of identification. We show that education causally reduces smoking. A counterfactual experiment finds that in absence of cigarettes, college attendance rises by three percentage points in the population. A practical alternative of 40% additional excise tax achieves similar results. Impacts vary substantially across persons of different cognitive and non-cognitive abilities.

JEL-codes: H23 I12 I18 I24 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2022-07
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