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17031781

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
This paper analyzes the effect that binge drinking has on the probability of graduating on time from high school and on future earnings. The analysis is conducted on students in their senior year of high school using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Importantly, the usual instruments used to correct for the endogeneity of the drinking variable are found to be robust only for women. This paper finds that heavy drinking decreases the probability of graduating on time. Binge drinking does not have a direct impact on adults' labor earnings, but graduating late results in lower labor income. Because of a late graduation, young men who binge in high school will face an earnings penalty of 1.5-1.84 percentage points. Women also face a penalty, but this seems mostly due to the fact that women who graduate late work in industries and occupations that pay less.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1057-9230
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
407-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The economic cost of teen drinking: late graduation and lowered earnings.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Economics, The University of Akron, USA. Frenna@uakron.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article