Smoking Habits: Like Father, Like Son, Like Mother, Like Daughter

We use instrumental variable methods to investigate whether the impact of parental smoking habits on their children’s smoking decisions is a causal one. We find evidence of same-sex role models in two-parent households: mothers play a crucial role in determining their daughters’ smoking decisions, while fathers’ smoking habits are primarily imitated by their sons.

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Social Science Research Network

• Publication date

  2010-11-22

• Fields of study

  Economics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1468-0084.2010.00603.X
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