Study Gruber & Mullainathan (2006): study US 1973
- Public
- 16+ aged, United States of America, 1973 - 1998
- Survey name
- US-GSS
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 36421
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Change tobacco tax rate in state
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Yearly state cigarette tax taken from publication 'The tax burden on tobacco'
- Distribution
- Average tax rate 35%
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Raise of cigarette tax in US states
Observed Relation with Happiness
very happy pretty happy not happy
All -.03 -.01 +.03
Split by propensity to smoke
- high -.01 +.05 -.06
- low -.01 +.00 +.01
Interaction propensity to smoke * tax raise
.05 +.11 -.16
Raise of tobacco tax reduced unhappiness among people apt to smoke but did not affect other Americans
b-fix controlled for
- Marital status
- Education
- Parents education
- Income quartile
- Race
- Number of children
- Employment status
- Church attendance
Propensity to smoke was estimated on the basis of correlates of smoking. 35% fit this category.