Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33191 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1573
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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

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