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dc.contributor.authorTauchmann, Haralden
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-12T07:16:59Z-
dc.date.available2009-08-12T07:16:59Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.citation|aEconomics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal|c1864-6042|v2|h2008-29|nKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)|lKiel|y2008|p1-27en
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2008-29en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/27513-
dc.description.abstractIn contrast to West Germany, illicit drugs were virtually absent in East Germany until 1990. However, after the collapse of the former GDR, East Germany was expected to encounter a sharp increase in substance abuse. By analyzing individual data, we find that East Germany largely caught up with West Germany's ever-growing prevalence of cannabis use within a single decade. We decompose the westeast difference in prevalence rates into an explained and an unexplained part using a modified Blinder-Oaxaca procedure. This decomposition suggests that the observed convergence is only weakly related to socioeconomic characteristics and therefore remains mainly unexplained. That is, West and East Germans seem to have become more alike per se. We conclude that both parts of the country have converged in terms of the culture of cannabis consumption.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.subject.jelI12en
dc.subject.jelP36en
dc.subject.jelP23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCannabis consumptionen
dc.subject.keywordwest-east convergenceen
dc.subject.keyworddecomposen
dc.subject.stwDrogenkonsumen
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungskonvergenzen
dc.subject.stwDekompositionsverfahrenen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwNeue Bundesländeren
dc.subject.stwAlte Bundesländeren
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleWest-East Convergence in the Prevalence of Cannabis Use: Socioeconomics or Culture?-
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.ppn579844013en
dc.rights.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/deed.enen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifweej:7396en
econstor.citation.journaltitleEconomics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journalen
econstor.citation.issn1864-6042en
econstor.citation.volume2en
econstor.citation.issue2008-29en
econstor.citation.publisherKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)en
econstor.citation.publisherplaceKielen
econstor.citation.year2008en
econstor.citation.startpage1en
econstor.citation.endpage27en

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