Income elasticity of demand for tanning bed usage: evidence from survey data

Using data on U.S. adults from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), we estimate the causal income elasticity of tanning bed usage conditional upon use. While controlling for individual characteristics, we employ instrumented probit and count data estimation to show that tanning bed usage is...

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Main Authors: Neil R. Meredith, Anne Macy, Amy Meredith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Applied Economics
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15140326.2022.2110640