Study Gruber & Mullainathan (2006): study CA 1985
- Public
- +15 aged, general public, Canada, 1985-1998
- Survey name
- CN-GSS pooled waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 100663
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Cigarette tax rate
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Tax rates taken from Gruber, Sen and Stabile (2002). Canadian tax rate higher and more variable than in USA
- Distribution
- Mean tax on pack of cigarettes $1
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Raise of cigarette tax in Canada
Observed Relation with Happiness
additional control for
propensity to smoke
- very happy +.02 +.00
- somewhat happy +.00 +.00
- unhappy -.01 +.01
b-fix controled for
- individual characteristics
- marital status
- education
- family income
- employment
- church participation
- home ownership
- household size
- environmental conditions
- state
- year
all b values insignificant
Higher tobacco tax reduced unhappiness a bit among people with high propensity to smoke