The difference in difference (DID) design is a quasi-experimental research design that
researchers often use to study causal relationships in public health settings where …

Australia's diverse climate makes it vulnerable to cold winters and extremely warm summers,
characterised by severe bushfires and heat waves. Thus, unlike most European countries …

Limited access to modern energy is a pressing issue and has necessitated scholarly
discourse on energy poverty, especially in developing countries. This paper investigated …

The consequences of tobacco control policies for individual welfare are difficult to assess,
even more so when related consumption choices challenge people's willpower. We …

This paper examines the immediate and long‐term effects of public smoking bans on
smoking prevalence, smoking regularity, smoking intensity, and secondhand tobacco smoke …

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 …

Background: Germany's 16 states regulate smoking differently within health protection
principles laid down in the federal law. All state smoke-free laws in Germany have …

This paper studies the short‐term impact of public smoking bans on hospitalizations in
Germany. It exploits the staggered implementation of smoking bans over time and across the …

Studies examining the introduction of pictorial warnings on cigarette packages provide
inconclusive evidence due to small samples and methodological issues. We use individual …

In general, past studies have estimated the average effect of public smoking bans on youth,
ignoring differences across sub‐populations. We extend the literature by considering …