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Title: Identifying Sibling Influence on Teenage Substance Use
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Altonji, Joseph G. Cattan, Sarah Ware, Iain |
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Identifying Sibling Influence on Teenage Substance Use Journal of Human Resources 52,1 (Winter 2017): 1-47. Also: http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/52/1/1.abstract?sid=bee89e0a-f629-43bd-be46-cddff8697c80 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Keyword(s): Behavior; Family Influences; Heterogeneity; Siblings; Substance Use We assess the extent to which the large sibling correlations in substance use are causal. Our primary approach is based on a joint dynamic model of the behavior of older and younger siblings that allows for family specific effects, individual specific heterogeneity, and state dependence. We use the model to simulate the dynamic response of substance use to the behavior of the older sibling. Overall, we find that substance use is affected by the example of older siblings but only a small fraction of the sibling correlation is causal. |
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Altonji, Joseph G., Sarah Cattan and Iain Ware. "Identifying Sibling Influence on Teenage Substance Use ." Journal of Human Resources 52,1 (Winter 2017): 1-47.
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