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Author: Swensen, Isaac D.
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Lindo, Jason M. Swensen, Isaac D. Waddell, Glen R. |
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Alcohol and Student Performance: Estimating the Effect of Legal Access Journal of Health Economics 32,1 (January 2013): 22-32. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629612001476 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; School Performance We consider the effect of legal access to alcohol on student achievement. Our preferred approach identifies the effect through changes in one's performance after gaining legal access to alcohol, controlling flexibly for the expected evolution of grades as one makes progress towards their degree. We also report RD-based estimates but argue that an RD design is not well suited to the research question in our setting. We find that students’ grades fall below their expected levels upon being able to drink legally, but by less than previously documented. We also show that there are effects on women and that the effects are persistent. Using the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we show that students drink more often after legal access but do not consume more drinks on days on which they drink. |
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Lindo, Jason M., Isaac D. Swensen and Glen R. Waddell. "Alcohol and Student Performance: Estimating the Effect of Legal Access." Journal of Health Economics 32,1 (January 2013): 22-32.
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Swensen, Isaac D. |
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Essays on the Economics of Health and Education Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Oregon, 2013 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Achievement; Alcohol Use; College Education; Educational Attainment; Grade Point Average (GPA)/Grades; School Performance Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. I present empirical research considering the response of health and educational outcomes to alcohol consumption, drug abuse, and collegiate athletics. Chapter II [NLSY97] considers the effect of legal access to alcohol on student achievement. The empirical approach identifies the effect through changes in students’ performance after gaining legal access to alcohol, controlling flexibly for the expected evolution of grades as students make progress towards their degrees. The estimates indicate that students’ grades fall below their expected levels upon being able to drink legally but by less than previously documented. |
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Bibliography Citation
Swensen, Isaac D. Essays on the Economics of Health and Education. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Oregon, 2013. |