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Youth employment, income, and smoking initiation: results from Korean panel data.

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Do, YK; Finkelstein, EA
Published in: J Adolesc Health
September 2012

PURPOSE: To estimate the effect of youth employment and income on smoking initiation, this study tests whether youth with higher incomes from either employment or allowance are more likely to smoke, and, if so, whether it is the employment effect or the income effect that affects youth smoking initiation. METHODS: Data from the 2003-2007 Korea Youth Panel Study were used to estimate the effect of youth employment and income on smoking initiation. A fixed-effects linear probability model was estimated to control for unobserved individual heterogeneity, which may affect both youth employment/income and smoking initiation. RESULTS: Even after controlling for unobserved individual heterogeneity, youth employment raised the probability of smoking initiation by 4.4% points, but neither employment income nor allowance was significantly associated with youth smoking initiation. CONCLUSIONS: Youth employment is an important risk factor for smoking initiation in South Korea, suggesting that workplaces that hire youth may be an appropriate target for antismoking interventions.

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J Adolesc Health

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EISSN

1879-1972

Publication Date

September 2012

Volume

51

Issue

3

Start / End Page

226 / 232

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Smoking
  • Republic of Korea
  • Public Health
  • Income
  • Humans
  • Employment
  • Cohort Studies
  • Age of Onset
  • Adolescent
  • 52 Psychology
 

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Do, Y. K., & Finkelstein, E. A. (2012). Youth employment, income, and smoking initiation: results from Korean panel data. J Adolesc Health, 51(3), 226–232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.01.012
Do, Young Kyung, and Eric Andrew Finkelstein. “Youth employment, income, and smoking initiation: results from Korean panel data.J Adolesc Health 51, no. 3 (September 2012): 226–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.01.012.
Do YK, Finkelstein EA. Youth employment, income, and smoking initiation: results from Korean panel data. J Adolesc Health. 2012 Sep;51(3):226–32.
Do, Young Kyung, and Eric Andrew Finkelstein. “Youth employment, income, and smoking initiation: results from Korean panel data.J Adolesc Health, vol. 51, no. 3, Sept. 2012, pp. 226–32. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.01.012.
Do YK, Finkelstein EA. Youth employment, income, and smoking initiation: results from Korean panel data. J Adolesc Health. 2012 Sep;51(3):226–232.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Adolesc Health

DOI

EISSN

1879-1972

Publication Date

September 2012

Volume

51

Issue

3

Start / End Page

226 / 232

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Smoking
  • Republic of Korea
  • Public Health
  • Income
  • Humans
  • Employment
  • Cohort Studies
  • Age of Onset
  • Adolescent
  • 52 Psychology