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Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Alcohol Consumption – A Quantile Regression Approach
Schmidt, Christoph M.; Tauchmann, Harald - 2010
Das vorliegende Papier betrachtet den Zusammenhang des Trinkverhaltens von Eltern und dem späteren Alkoholkonsum ihrer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269991
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Managing term-time employment and study in Ireland
Darmody, Merike; Smyth, Emer - 2007
An increasing amount of research now relates to full-time higher education students who work part-time during their … students. It aims to establish the profile of full-time higher education students engaged in part-time work during term … satisfaction. It is argued in this paper that inadequate policy attention to the changing profile of higher education students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290547
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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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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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Mit den Menschen für die Menschen planen: Praktikentheorien, Planungskoalitionen und die Treffpunkte der Drogen- und Alkoholabhängigen in Kiel-Gaaden
Kraehnke, Lars - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung / Spatial Research and … 79 (2021) 3, pp. 243-256
Am Beispiel des kollektiven Alkoholkonsums einer Szene von Drogen- und Alkoholabhängigen im Kieler Stadtteil Gaarden wurde untersucht, inwiefern auf den ersten Blick banal erscheinende Praktiken wie das gemeinsame Konsumieren alkoholhaltiger Getränke einen Beitrag zur sozialen und materiellen...
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The effect of job stress on smoking and alcohol consumption
Azagba, Sunday; Sharaf, Mesbah F. - In: Health Economics Review 1 (2011) 15, pp. 1-14
This paper examines the effect of job stress on two key health risk-behaviors: smoking and alcohol consumption, using data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey. Findings in the extant literature are inconclusive and are mainly based on standard models which can model differential...
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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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Alcohol consumption and sickness absence: Evidence from panel data
Johansson, Edvard; Böckerman, Petri; Uutela, Antti - 2007
Objective : This paper examines the relationship between alcohol consumption and sickness absence. Methods : We use regional panel data from Finland over the period 1993-2005. The data on individuals’ health that we are using originates from Health Behaviour and Health among the Finnish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285221
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Smoke and strong whiskey: Factors influencing female smoking and drinking in Ireland
Madden, David - 2002
This paper analyses decisions regarding smoking and drinking for a sample of Irish women. Double-hurdle models are estimated to determine whether decisions to smoke/drink are made independently of how much to smoke/drink. Given the potential complementarities between smoking and drinking a model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333076
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Behavioural economics and drinking behaviour: preliminary results from an Irish college study
Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Wall, Patrick - 2007
patterns among college students modelling a rich variety of covariates including gender, family and peer drinking, tenure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269252