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Early health related behaviours and their impact on later life chances
— evidence from the US | | Author(s) | Simon M Burgess, Carol Propper |
| Corporate Author | ESRC Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion - CASE, Suntory-Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines - STICERD, London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Publisher | STICERD, London, 1998 |
| Pages | 34 pp (CASEpaper 6) |
| Source | Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. |
| Keywords | Alcoholism ; Drug taking ; Aggression ; Adolescents ; Health [elderly] ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This paper uses evidence from the US to examine the impact of adolescent illegal consumption and violent behaviour on later life chances. Specifically, the authors look at the effect of such behaviour by young men in late adolescence on productivity and household formation ten years on. They find that alcohol and soft drug consumption have no harmful effects on economic prospects in later life. In contrast, hard drug consumption and violent behaviour in adolescence are both associated with lower productivity, even by the time the individuals are in their late twenties. These effects are substantial and affect earnings levels and earnings growth. These results are robust to the inclusion of a rich set of additional controls measuring aspects of the individuals' backgrounds. However, the authors find no evidence of any of these behaviours significantly affecting household formation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980520211 B |
| Classmark | ETA: ETD: EPB: SC: CC: 3F: 7T |
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