Smoking initiation and the iron law of demand
DR Lillard, E Molloy, A Sfekas - Journal of health economics, 2013 - Elsevier
We show, with three longitudinal datasets, that cigarette taxes and prices affect smoking
initiation decisions. Evidence from longitudinal studies is mixed but generally find that …
initiation decisions. Evidence from longitudinal studies is mixed but generally find that …
[HTML][HTML] Care seeking behaviour and aspects of quality of care by caregivers for children under five with and without pneumonia in Ibadan, Nigeria
A Kirolos, AI Ayede, LJ Williams… - Journal of global …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background This study aimed to investigate the differences in reported care seeking
behaviour and treatment between children with pneumonia and children without pneumonia …
behaviour and treatment between children with pneumonia and children without pneumonia …
Sibling rivalry between twins in utero and childhood: Evidence from birthweight and survival of 95 919 twin pairs in 72 low‐and middle‐income countries
Background This study explores the magnitude and timing of sex and gender disparities in
child development by describing differences in health outcomes for male and female …
child development by describing differences in health outcomes for male and female …
[HTML][HTML] Sex, lies and self-reported counts: Bayesian mixture models for heaping in longitudinal count data via birth-death processes
FW Crawford, RE Weiss… - The annals of applied …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Surveys often ask respondents to report non-negative counts, but respondents may
misremember or round to a nearby multiple of 5 or 10. This phenomenon is called heaping …
misremember or round to a nearby multiple of 5 or 10. This phenomenon is called heaping …
Healthy and unhealthy assimilation: country of origin and smoking behavior among immigrants
LA Leung - Health economics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Smoking rates in the country of origin were used to empirically examine whether immigrants
converge toward natives' level of smoking prevalence with assimilation. Results show that …
converge toward natives' level of smoking prevalence with assimilation. Results show that …
A statistical approach to address the problem of heaping in self-reported income data
S Zinn, A Würbach - Journal of Applied Statistics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Self-reported income information particularly suffers from an intentional coarsening of the
data, which is called heaping or rounding. If it does not occur completely at random–which is …
data, which is called heaping or rounding. If it does not occur completely at random–which is …
Effect of cigarette prices on smoking initiation and cessation in China: a duration analysis
Background China is the world's largest producer and consumer of cigarettes. The status of
tobacco as both a contributor to China's economy and a liability for the health of its …
tobacco as both a contributor to China's economy and a liability for the health of its …
Prices, inflation, and smoking onset: the case of Argentina
This article examines the effect of tobacco prices on the decision to start smoking in
Argentina. Argentina is an interesting case to explore given its high smoking rates, its recent …
Argentina. Argentina is an interesting case to explore given its high smoking rates, its recent …
Modeling the rounding of departure times in travel surveys: comparing the effect of trip purposes and travel modes
Y Sato, T Maruyama - Transportation Research Record, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Rounding errors are often observed in reported trip departure and arrival times in paper-
based travel surveys, and most of the reported times are multiples of 5, 15, 30, or 60 min …
based travel surveys, and most of the reported times are multiples of 5, 15, 30, or 60 min …
Analyzing health outcomes measured as bounded counts
J Mullahy - Journal of Health Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper assesses analytical strategies that respect the bounded-count nature of health
outcomes encountered often in empirical applications. Absent in the literature is a …
outcomes encountered often in empirical applications. Absent in the literature is a …