Finally a Smoking Gun? Compensating Differentials and the Introduction of Smoking Bans

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wissmann, Daniel
• 署名单位: University of Munich
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20180077
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 75-106
• 关键词: wage differentials; QUALITY; HEALTH; RISK

摘要

Using the staggered introduction of smoking bans in the German hospitality industry over 2007-2008, I find a robust 2.4 percent decline in the daily earnings of workers in bars and restaurants associated with the most comprehensive smoking ban. This effect is unlikely to be driven by a decline in hospitality revenues or hours worked but is consistent with a simple model of compensating differentials.