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| Title: | | It wasn't me, it was them! Social influence in risky behavior by adolescents  |
| Authors: | | Clark, Andrew E. Lohéac, Youenn |
| Issue Date: | | 2005 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 1573 |
| Abstract: | | 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 risky behavior (the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana) by American adolescents. We find that, even controlling for school fixed effects, these behaviors are correlated with lagged peer group behavior. Peer group effects are strongest for alcohol use, and young males are more influential than young females. Last, we present some evidence of non-linearities in social interactions, |
| Subjects: | | social interactions smoking drinking |
| JEL: | | C23 D12 Z13 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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