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The Effect of Lone Motherhood on the Smoking Behaviour of Young Adults

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Francesconi, Marco () (University of Essex)
Jenkins, Stephen P. () (University of Essex)
Siedler, Thomas () (DIW Berlin)

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We provide evidence that living with an unmarried mother during childhood raises smoking propensities for young adults in Germany.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 4392.

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Date of creation: Sep 2009
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Publication status: forthcoming in: Health Economics
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Keywords: smoking; lone parent; childhood family structure; divorce; unobserved heterogeneity;

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I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy

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