THE EFFECT OF YOUTH ALCOHOL INITIATION ON HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION

Economic Inquiry - Tập 43 Số 4 - Trang 750-765 - 2005
Steven F. Koch1, Kerry Anne McGeary2
1Koch: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Republic of South Africa. Phone 27-12-420-3468, E-mail [email protected]
2McGeary: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and International Business, Drexel University, Suite 503-D Matheson Hall, 32nd and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA, 19104. Phone 1-215-895-6972, Fax 1-215-895-6975, E-mail [email protected]

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The social environment inherent in schools impacts both alcohol consumption onset and high school completion. The results reported here, based on data from the 1979–96 NLSY panels, show that the social coincidences between alcohol consumption and education are important determinants of both education completion and alcohol onset. Ignoring the social nature of these simultaneous decisions underestimates the impact of alcohol onset on education. After correcting for the presence of an endogenous positive relationship between schooling and alcohol consumption, we find that alcohol initiation before age 14 significantly reduces the probability of timeously completing high school by between 7% and 22%. (JEL I18, I21)

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Economic Inquiry

Tập 43 Số 4

750-765

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