Don't Give Up On Me Baby: Spousal Correlation in Smoking Behaviour
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Clark, Andrew E.
Etilé, Fabrice
Abstract / Description
We use nine waves of BHPS data to examine interactions between spouses in terms of a behaviour with important health repercussions: cigarette smoking. Correlation between partners' behaviours may be due to correlated effects, as a consequence of matching or information revealed by others' behaviours, or to endogenous effects generated by bargaining within marriage. A simple bivariate probit reveals a positive correlation between own current smoking and partner's past smoking, which is consistent with endogenous effects. However, after controlling for individual effects, we find that own current smoking and partner's past smoking are statistically independent: all of the correlation in smoking status works through the correlation in individual effects. As such the correlation in the raw smoking data is consistent with positive assortative matching in marriage over smoking, rather than bargaining within the couple or social learning.
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Rauchen Korrelation Paar Ehe Lernen Gesundheit Rauchen Korrelation Paar Ehe Lernen Gesundheit smoking matching bargaining learning healthPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2005
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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;1692
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Clark, Andrew E.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Etilé, Fabrice
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Made available on2022-11-17T11:01:25Z
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Date of first publication2005
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Abstract / DescriptionWe use nine waves of BHPS data to examine interactions between spouses in terms of a behaviour with important health repercussions: cigarette smoking. Correlation between partners' behaviours may be due to correlated effects, as a consequence of matching or information revealed by others' behaviours, or to endogenous effects generated by bargaining within marriage. A simple bivariate probit reveals a positive correlation between own current smoking and partner's past smoking, which is consistent with endogenous effects. However, after controlling for individual effects, we find that own current smoking and partner's past smoking are statistically independent: all of the correlation in smoking status works through the correlation in individual effects. As such the correlation in the raw smoking data is consistent with positive assortative matching in marriage over smoking, rather than bargaining within the couple or social learning.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16646
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1126
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8877
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofIZA Discussion Paper Series No. 1692
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Is part of seriesForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;1692
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Keyword(s)Rauchende
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Keyword(s)Korrelationde
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Keyword(s)Paarde
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Keyword(s)Ehede
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Keyword(s)Lernende
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Keyword(s)Gesundheitde
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Keyword(s)Rauchende
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Keyword(s)Korrelationde
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Keyword(s)Paarde
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Keyword(s)Ehede
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Keyword(s)Lernende
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Keyword(s)Gesundheitde
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Keyword(s)smokingen
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Keyword(s)matchingen
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Keyword(s)bargainingen
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Keyword(s)learningen
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Keyword(s)healthen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleDon't Give Up On Me Baby: Spousal Correlation in Smoking Behaviouren
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DRO typereport
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok