Title | The Impact of Job Stress on Smoking and Quitting: Evidence from the HRS. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Ayyagari, P, Sindelar, JL |
Journal | B E J Econom Anal Policy |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 1 |
Date Published | 2010 Jan 01 |
ISSN Number | 1935-1682 |
Abstract | Job-related stress might affect smoking behavior because smoking may relieve stress and stress can make individuals more present-focused. Alternatively, individuals may both self-select into stressful jobs and choose to smoke based on unobserved factors. We use data from the Health and Retirement Study to examine how job stress affects the probability that smokers quit and the number of cigarettes smoked for current smokers. To address the potential endogeneity of job stress based on time invariant factors, we include individual fixed effects, which control for factors such as ability to handle stress. Occupational fixed effects are also included to control for occupational characteristics other than stress; time dummies control for the secular decline in smoking rates. Using a sample of people who smoked in the previous wave, we find that job stress is positively related to continuing to smoke among recent smokers. The results indicate that the key impact of stress is on the extensive margin of smoking, as opposed to the number of cigarettes smoked. |
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URL | http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/vol10/iss1/art27 |
DOI | 10.2202/1935-1682.2259 |
User Guide Notes | |
Endnote Keywords | Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis/Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis/Job Satisfaction/Health/Stress/Smoking |
Endnote ID | 23160 |
Alternate Journal | B E J Econom Anal Policy |
Citation Key | 7485 |
PubMed ID | 21625286 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC3103224 |
Grant List | RL1 AA017542-02S1 / AA / NIAAA NIH HHS / United States R01 AG027045-01 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States R01 AG027045-02 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States R01 AG027045-04 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States RL1 AA017542-01 / AA / NIAAA NIH HHS / United States RL1 AA017542-05 / AA / NIAAA NIH HHS / United States RL1 AA017542 / AA / NIAAA NIH HHS / United States RL1 AA017542-04 / AA / NIAAA NIH HHS / United States R01 AG027045 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States RL1 AA017542-03 / AA / NIAAA NIH HHS / United States RL1 AA017542-02 / AA / NIAAA NIH HHS / United States R01 AG027045-03 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States |