Data and Code for: Finally a Smoking Gun? Compensating Differentials and the Introduction of Smoking Bans

Using the staggered introduction of smoking bans in the German hospitality industry over 2007/08, I find a robust 2.4% decline in the daily earnings of workers in bars and restaurants associated with the most comprehensive smoking ban. This effect is unlikely to be driven by a decline in hospitality revenues or hours worked, but is consistent with a simple model of compensating differentials.<br><br>This project provides program code, log files and data (if not confidential).