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Peer effects, unobserved factors and risk behaviours: an analysis of alcohol abuse and truancy among adolescents
Duarte, Rosa; Escario, José-Julián; Molina, José Alberto - 2007
The objective of this paper is to examine the factors which affect alcohol abuse and truancy among adolescents. We propose a new theoretical specification in which alcohol abuse and truancy appear as derived demands, given that they condition peer group and family acceptance, and we introduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275878
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Medical marijuana laws, traffic fatalities, and alcohol consumption
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I. - 2011
To date, 16 states have passed medical marijuana laws, yet very little is known about their effects. Using state-level data, we examine the relationship between medical marijuana laws and a variety of outcomes. Legalization of medical marijuana is associated with increased use of marijuana among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282225
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Gender and the influence of peer alcohol consumption on adolescent sexual activity
Waddell, Glen R. - 2010
I consider the alcohol consumption of opposite-gender peers as explanatory to adolescent sexual intercourse and demonstrate that female sexual activity is higher where there is higher alcohol consumption among male peers. This relationship is robust to school fixed effects, cannot be explained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269785
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It wasn't me, it was them! Social influence in risky behavior by adolescents
Clark, Andrew E.; Lohéac, Youenn - 2005
Many years of concerted policy effort in Western countries has not prevented young people from experimenting with cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana. One potential explanation is that social interactions make consumption sticky. We use detailed panel data from the Add Health survey to examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272014
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Longer-term impacts of mentoring, educational services, and incentives to learn: evidence from a randomized trial
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010
employment impacts of an after-school program, the Quantum Opportunity Program, that offered disadvantaged high-school youth … matters. While encouraging results are found for the younger youth; detrimental long-lived outcomes for males suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269569
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Self investments of adolescents and their cognitive development
Del Boca, Daniela; Monfardini, Chiara; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2012
While a large literature has focused on the impact of parental investments on child cognitive development, very little is known about the role of child's own investments. Information on how children invest their time separately from parents is probably little informative for babies and toddlers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289877
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Might not be a tomorrow: a multi-methods approach to anticipated early death and youth crime
Brezina, Timothy; Tekin, Erdal; Topalli, Volkan - 2008
factor to youth crime and violence. Young people who perceive a high probability of early death, it is argued, may have … early death and youth crime, this support remains tentative. Moreover, a number of questions remain regarding the … that link anticipated early death to youth crime. In this paper, we address the limitations of previous studies using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268990
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Employment, Wages, and Alcohol Consumption in Russia: Evidence from Panel Data
Tekin, Erdal - 2002
This paper examines the effects of alcohol consumption on employment and wages for males and females in Russia. Both cross sectional and fixed-effects models are estimated utilizing data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey. The results from the models that do not control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262815
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Cohort Effects in the Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in Germany: An Analysis of Census Data
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2001
Even though second generation immigrants make up ever increasing population shares in industrialized countries we know little about their social integration and wellbeing. This study focuses on the educational attainment of German born children of immigrants. Their schooling success still lags...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262497
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Migrant opportunity and the educational attainment of youth in rural China
Brauw, Alan de; Giles, John - 2006
In this paper, we investigate how reductions of barriers to migration affect the decision of middle school graduates to attend high school in rural China. Change in the cost of migration is identified using exogenous variation across counties in the timing of national identity card distribution,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267747