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Get High and Get Stupid : The Effect of Alcohol and Marijuana Use on Teen Sexual Behavior

Grossman, Michael - 2002

Numerous studies have documented a strong correlation between substance use and teen sexual behavior, and this empirical relationship has given rise to a widespread belief that substance use causes teens to engage in risky sex. This causal link is often used by advocates to justify policies...

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Substance Use and Suicidal Behaviors Among Young Adults

Markowitz, Sara - 2002

The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal impact of alcohol and illicit drug use on suicidal behaviors among college students. Every year, more American youth die from suicide than from all leading natural causes of death combined. Substance use has been identified as a leading risk...

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An Investigation of the Effects of Alcohol Policies on Youth STDs

Grossman, Michael - 2004

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of alcohol policies in reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among youth. Previous research has shown that risky sexual practices (e.g., unprotected sex and multiple partners) that increase the risk of contracting a STD are...

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Alcohol Abuse and Suicide Attempts Among Youth - Correlation or Causation?

Chatterji, Pinka - 2003

This study uses the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) to explore the causal relationship between alcohol abuse (binge drinking and clinically defined alcohol use disorders) and suicide attempts among youth. We use an empirical approach that allows one to...

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Export Expansion and Investment in Children's Human Capital : Evidence from the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement

McCaig, Brian; Nguyen, Minh; Kaestner, Robert - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

enrollment, work and healthcare use of young children and adolescents in Vietnam. To do so, we exploit variation in tariff …-migrants, but fell among migrants, with the opposite pattern for working. For children (7 to 14), enrolment did not change among non … increased for both children and adolescents. We find evidence that healthcare utilization decreased for both children and …

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The Impact of Parental Involvement Laws on Minor Abortion

Joyce, Theodore J. - 2019

In this article, we conduct a comprehensive analysis of the effect of parental involvement (PI) laws on the incidence of abortions to minors across a span of nearly three decades. We contribute to the extant literature on this topic in several ways. First, we explore differences in estimates of...

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