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Author: Deza, Monica
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Chalfin, Aaron Deza, Monica |
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The Intergenerational Effects of Education on Delinquency Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 159 (March 2019): 553-571. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268117302123 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Educational Attainment; Geocoded Data; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Parental Influences; State-Level Data/Policy Children of less educated parents are more likely to engage in delinquent behavior. One explanation for this is that better educated parents are inherently more likely to raise children in ways that are less conducive to criminal participation. Alternatively, additional parental education may change parents' behavior in ways that reduces their children's propensity to commit crime. Using data from the NLSY79 and variation induced by changes in compulsory schooling laws in the United States, we find that an increase in parental education reduces delinquent behavior among the children of those exposed to compulsory schooling laws. This research is the first to uncover evidence of an intergenerational effect of education on crime in the United States. We conclude that previous analyses of compulsory schooling laws − and investments in education more generally − appreciably underestimate the full benefits of investments in education. |
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Chalfin, Aaron and Monica Deza. "The Intergenerational Effects of Education on Delinquency." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 159 (March 2019): 553-571.
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Deza, Monica |
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Is There a Stepping Stone Effect in Drug Use? Separating State Dependence from Unobserved Heterogeneity Within and Between Illicit Drugs Journal of Econometrics 184,1 (January 2015): 193-207. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030440761400181X Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Drug Use; Geocoded Data; Heterogeneity; Modeling; Substance Use Empirically, teenagers who use soft drugs are more likely to use hard drugs in the future. This pattern can be explained by a causal effect (i.e., state dependence between drugs or stepping-stone effects) or by unobserved characteristics that make people more likely to use both soft and hard drugs (i.e., correlated unobserved heterogeneity). I estimate a dynamic discrete choice model of alcohol, marijuana and hard drug use over multiple years, and separately identify the contributions of state dependence (within and between drugs) and unobserved heterogeneity. I find statistically significant "stepping-stone" effects from softer to harder drugs, and conclude that alcohol, marijuana and hard drugs are complements in utility. |
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Deza, Monica. "Is There a Stepping Stone Effect in Drug Use? Separating State Dependence from Unobserved Heterogeneity Within and Between Illicit Drugs." Journal of Econometrics 184,1 (January 2015): 193-207.
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Deza, Monica |
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The Effects of Alcohol on the Consumption of Hard Drugs: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, 1997 Health Economics 24,4 (April 2015): 419-438. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.3027/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Drug Use; Substance Use; Transition, Adulthood Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper estimates the effect of alcohol use on consumption of hard drugs using the exogenous decrease in the cost of accessing alcohol that occurs when individuals reach the minimum legal drinking age. By using a regression discontinuity design and the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997, I find that all measures of alcohol consumption, even alcohol initiation increase discontinuously at age 21 years. I also find evidence that consumption of hard drugs decreased by 1.5 to 2 percentage points and the probability of initiating the use of hard drugs decreased by 1 percentage point at the age of 21 years, while the intensity of use among users remained unchanged. These estimates are robust to a variety of specifications and also remain robust across different subsamples. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Deza, Monica. "The Effects of Alcohol on the Consumption of Hard Drugs: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, 1997." Health Economics 24,4 (April 2015): 419-438.
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Deza, Monica Mezza, Alvaro |
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The Intergenerational Effects of the Vietnam Draft on Risky Behaviors NBER Working Paper No. 27830, National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2020. Also: https://www.nber.org/papers/w27830 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Fathers and Children; Military Draft; Substance Use We exploit the natural experiment provided by the Vietnam lottery draft to evaluate the intergenerational effect of fathers' draft eligibility on children's propensity to engage in risky health behaviors during adolescence using the NLSY97. Draft eligibility increases measures of substance use, intensity of use, decreases age of initiation--particularly for marijuana--and increases measures of delinquency. We explore potential mechanisms: Draft eligibility affects paternal parenting styles and attitudes towards the respondent, environmental aspects, and even maternal factors. Results are robust to alternative specifications and falsification diagnostics. Our results indicate that previous analyses underestimate the full negative effects of draft eligibility. |
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Deza, Monica and Alvaro Mezza. "The Intergenerational Effects of the Vietnam Draft on Risky Behaviors." NBER Working Paper No. 27830, National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2020. |