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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.

Keyword(s)

Rauchen Korrelation Paar Ehe Lernen Gesundheit Rauchen Korrelation Paar Ehe Lernen Gesundheit smoking matching bargaining learning health

Persistent Identifier

Date of first publication

2005

Is part of series

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;1692

Citation

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Clark, Andrew E.
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Etilé, Fabrice
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:01:25Z
  • Made available on
    2008-06-30
  • Made available on
    2015-12-01T10:32:14Z
  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:01:25Z
  • Date of first publication
    2005
  • 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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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16646
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1126
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8877
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 1692
  • Is part of series
    Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;1692
  • Keyword(s)
    Rauchen
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  • Keyword(s)
    Korrelation
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  • Keyword(s)
    Paar
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Ehe
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Lernen
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Gesundheit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Rauchen
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Korrelation
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Paar
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Ehe
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Lernen
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Gesundheit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    smoking
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  • Keyword(s)
    matching
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  • Keyword(s)
    bargaining
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  • Keyword(s)
    learning
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  • Keyword(s)
    health
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Don't Give Up On Me Baby: Spousal Correlation in Smoking Behaviour
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  • DRO type
    report
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok