Abstract
This study investigates the effects of early smoking on educational attainment and
labor market performance. The results show that early smoking adversely affects educational attainment and initial labor market performance, but only for males. The effect of early smoking on initial labor market performance is indirect through educational attainment. Moreover, for males only, early smoking has a negative effect on current labor market performance even after conditioning on education. For females neither education nor labor market performance is affected by early smoking.
labor market performance. The results show that early smoking adversely affects educational attainment and initial labor market performance, but only for males. The effect of early smoking on initial labor market performance is indirect through educational attainment. Moreover, for males only, early smoking has a negative effect on current labor market performance even after conditioning on education. For females neither education nor labor market performance is affected by early smoking.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Tilbug |
| Publisher | CentER, Center for Economic Research |
| Number of pages | 59 |
| Volume | 2015-033 |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Jun 2015 |
Publication series
| Name | CentER Discussion Paper |
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| Volume | 2015-033 |
Keywords
- early smoking
- education
- labor market performance
- Mixed Proportional Hazards model
- discrete factor approach