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Title	The effect of smoking on individual well-being: a propensity score matching analysis based on nationwide surveys in Japan
Creator	Creator Name Oshio, Takashi Oshio, Takashi 小塩, 隆士小塩, 隆士オシオ, タカシオシオ, タカシ Affiliation Affiliation Name Hitotsubashi University
Creator	Creator Name Kobayashi, Miki Kobayashi, Miki 小林, 美樹小林, 美樹コバヤシ, ミキコバヤシ, ミキ Affiliation Affiliation Name Kobe University
Editor	Contributor Name 世代間問題研究プロジェクト（世代間問題の経済分析） = Economic Analysis of Intergenerational Issues, Project on Intergenerational Equity
Editor	Contributor Name 一橋大学経済研究所世代間問題研究機構 = Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Key Word	Smoking
	Happiness
	Job satisfaction
	Self-rated Health
	Propensity score matching
Abstract	Background: It is widely known that smokers tend to feel less satisfied than non-smokers with their jobs and life more generally. However, it is not easy to establish a causal relationship between smoking and individual well-being, because of shared associations with socioeconomic or demographic factors. This issue was largely avoided in the present study, which used propensity score matching methods to investigate whether smoking affects the extent to which individuals are satisfied with their job and other aspects of their life. Methods: Using a large-scale Japanese dataset, we first estimated propensity scores for smoking as a function of numerous socioeconomic and demographic factors. We then matched smokers to non-smokers on the basis of these. We subsequently estimated the average treatment effect, considering smoking as a treatment and smokers as the treated group. We used different matching methods to ascertain the robustness of any effects. Results: We found that smoking made both males and females unhappy, and that it reduced both the extent to which they were satisfied with multiple aspects of their lives (including their job, non-working activities, household's financial conditions, family life, friendships, residential area, health and physical conditions) and their level of self-rated health. Some of these effects differed between males and females. Conclusions: Our propensity score matching analyses identified smoking as having direct adverse effects on individual well-being.
Publisher	Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date	2009-08
Language	English(eng)
Resource Type	technical report
Version Type	VoR
Is Part OfRelation -	Related Title PIE/CIS Discussion Paper ; No. 453
Number of Pages	24
Sponsorship	科学研究費補助金（特別推進研究） = Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research
Appears in Collections	PIE/CIS Discussion paper
URL	https://hdl.handle.net/10086/17554