Smoking, Risky Health, Mortality and Labour Productivity - An Empirical Analysis with Panel Data

7 Pages Posted: 6 Apr 2011

Date Written: April 1, 2011

Abstract

In the present paper it will be shown empirically that smoking decreases labour productivity. Panel data analysis is based on a single equation model estimated through the Eviews software package. Our sample refers to the period 1993-2008 and covers many western countries, the United States and Japan.

Keywords: Econometric models with panel data (single equation), Health, Labour productivity, Life expectancy, Mortality, Western World, International Economics

JEL Classification: C23, I1, J24

Suggested Citation

Georgiou, Miltiades N., Smoking, Risky Health, Mortality and Labour Productivity - An Empirical Analysis with Panel Data (April 1, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1800590 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1800590

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