Do health changes affect smoking?: Evidence from British panel data

被引:54
作者
Clark, A
Etilé, F
机构
[1] Univ Orleans, CNRS, Orleans, France
[2] Univ Orleans, LEO, Orleans, France
[3] Univ Paris 01, TEAM, F-75647 Paris 13, France
关键词
smoking; health; health changes; information; public health policy;
D O I
10.1016/S0167-6296(01)00140-0
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 [经济学];
摘要
This paper uses seven waves of British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) data to examine the link between health developments while smoking (both one's own and those of other smokers in the same household) and future cigarette consumption. We find those whose health worsens when smoking smoke less in the future, and are more likely to quit. This correlation is consistent with both a Grossman model of health demand (where all parameters are known) and with learning about the health consequences of smoking (where there is uncertainty). There is little effect on smoking from health developments amongst other smokers in the same household. As such, impersonal information provision may have less of an effect on smoking than the delivery of personalised health information, for example through the medical profession. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:533 / 562
页数:30
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