PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gregor Pfeifer
AU  - Mirjam Reutter
AU  - Kristina Strohmaier
TI  - Goodbye Smokers’ Corner: Health Effects of School Smoking Bans
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.55.3.1217-9246R3
DP  - 2018 Dec 06
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 1217-9246r3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2018/12/05/jhr.55.3.1217-9246R3.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2018/12/05/jhr.55.3.1217-9246R3.full
AB  - We study the impact of school smoking bans on individual health behavior in Germany. Using a multiple difference-in-differences approach in combination with randomization inference, we find that for individuals affected by a smoking ban during their school time, the propensity toward smoking declines by 14 to 22 percent, while the number of smoked cigarettes per day decreases by 19 to 25 percent. After elaborating on treatment effect heterogeneity and intensity, we evaluate spillovers to smoking behavior of nontreated individuals living in the same household.