Having the wrong friends? Peer effects in adolescent substance use
Författare
Summary, in English
Swedish cross-sectional survey data on young individuals aged 12-18-year-old was used to analyse school-class based peer effects in binge drinking, smoking and illicit-drug use. Significant and positive peer effects were found for all three activities. By introducing school/grade fixed effects, the estimated peer effects were identified by variation in peer behaviour across school-classes within schools and grades, implying that estimates were not biased due to endogenous sorting of students across schools. Further, endogeneity bias due to bi-directionality of peer effects was found for binge drinking and smoking. Controlling for this source of endogeneity resulted in even stronger peer effects.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2006
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
214-233
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Health Economics
Volym
25
Issue
2
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Elsevier
Ämne
- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Nyckelord
- substance use
- adolescents
- peer effects
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1879-1646