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Author: Henry, Cailen Vanessa
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1. Henry, Cailen Vanessa
Youth Substance Use and Human Capital Formation
M.A. Thesis, University Of Calgary - Canada, 2002. MAI 41/02, p. 404, April 2003
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Drug Use; Educational Attainment; Educational Returns; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Human Capital; Substance Use

This thesis, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, examines the association between using alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and tobacco and eventual educational outcomes. The analysis replicates previous results indicating that each substance individually is associated with significantly lower outcomes. However, the estimates suggest that these results may be misleading, as controlling for all of these substances dramatically diminishes the negative effects of alcohol, cocaine and marijuana while revealing that the strongest negative association is with tobacco.
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Henry, Cailen Vanessa. Youth Substance Use and Human Capital Formation. M.A. Thesis, University Of Calgary - Canada, 2002. MAI 41/02, p. 404, April 2003.