Finally a Smoking Gun? Compensating Differentials and the Introduction of Smoking Bans

Daniel Wissmann

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, vol. 14, issue 1, 75-106

Abstract: Using the staggered introduction of smoking bans in the German hospitality industry over 2007–2008, I find a robust 2.4 percent decline in the daily earnings of workers in bars and restaurants associated with the most comprehensive smoking ban. This effect is unlikely to be driven by a decline in hospitality revenues or hours worked but is consistent with a simple model of compensating differentials.

JEL-codes: I12 I18 J22 J31 J81 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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