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KMID : 0613620180380040341
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Health Social Welfare Review
2018 Volume.38 No. 4 p.341 ~ p.366
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Cigarette Smoking among People with Disabilities: Longitudinal Analyses
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Kim Hyun-Sik
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Abstract
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Despite harmful impacts of cigarette smoking on health, little has been known about cigarette smoking among people with disabilities. To bridge the gap, we estimated price and income elasticity of smoking rates among people with disabilities. Drawing on data from the Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled 4th to 8th waves, we created an aggregate time-series dataset and a panel dataset to fit to various econometric panel data models such as the two-stage least-squares first-differenced estimator and Arellano & Bond’s generalized method of moments estimator. The aggregate data revealed that smoking prevalence among people with disabilities was similar with that among people without disabilities. Price elasticities among people with disabilities ranged from -0.083 to -0.271 depending on data and statistical models. Income elasticities were not statistically significant. Price increase can be an effective tool to reduce smoking prevalence but other factors such as the regressivity of the increase should be considered in the public policy making decision.
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KEYWORD
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People with Disabilities, Cigarette Smoking, Price Elasticity, Income Elasticity
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