Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/30463 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2782
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
youth smoking
intergenerational habit transmission
multivariate probit
instrumental variables
JEL: 
I1
C5
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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