The Effect of Lone Motherhood on the Smoking Behaviour of Young Adults

Marco Francesconi, Stephen Jenkins and Thomas Siedler

No 4392, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: We provide evidence that living with an unmarried mother during childhood raises smoking propensities for young adults in Germany.

Keywords: smoking; divorce; lone parent; unobserved heterogeneity; childhood family structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 J12 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2009-09
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Published - published in: Health Economics, 2010, 19 (11), 1377-1384

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Journal Article: The effect of lone motherhood on the smoking behavior of young adults (2010)
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