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1.	Cook, Philip J. Moore, Michael J.
1.	Drinking and Schooling Journal of Health Economics 12,4 (December 1993): 411-430. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016762969390003W Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; College Education; College Graduates; Endogeneity; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Schooling; Taxes This study employs the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data to explore the effect of youthful drinking on the likelihood of college matriculation and graduation. The study finds that students who drink heavily in high school are less likely than their peers to eventually graduate from college. But the proper interpretation of the result is not clear, since high school drinking decisions are strongly influenced by aspirations for higher education. This endogeneity problem is circumvented by estimating "reduced-form" equations that relate state beer taxes and minimum drinking age to the likelihood of obtaining a college degree. The results indicate that other things equal, students who spend their high school years in states with relatively high taxes and minimum age are more likely to graduate from college.
	Bibliography Citation Cook, Philip J. and Michael J. Moore. "Drinking and Schooling." Journal of Health Economics 12,4 (December 1993): 411-430.

2.	Cook, Philip J. Moore, Michael J.
2.	Environment and Persistence in Youthful Drinking Patterns In: Risky Behavior Among Youths: An Economic Analysis. J. Gruber, ed. Chicago IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2001: pp. 375-437 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Alcohol Use; Substance Use; Taxes Provides evidence on the influence of the minimum purchase age and the beer excise task on youthful drinking, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for 1982-85 and 1988-89. The authors find that the estimated effects of excise taxes are sensitive to specification, and they argue that increasing these taxes would reduce the prevalence of binge drinking. The authors present some descriptive statistics on how much American adolescents drink and how their use of alcohol compared with that of their counterparts in other countries. They then analyze the 25-yr trend in drinking and binging prevalence by high school seniors in the US. The similarity between this teen-drinking time profile and the time profile of adult per capita alcohol consumption suggests that the drinking decisions of teens are influence by adult drinking behavior. The authors then discuss the determinants of drinking by young adults, influencing the influence of the alcohol excise tax on alcohol abuse. Results on the persistence of youthful drinking are described with findings that suggest that alcohol availability at age 14 influences the likelihood of binging as an adult. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2000 APA, all rights reserved.)
	Bibliography Citation Cook, Philip J. and Michael J. Moore. "Environment and Persistence in Youthful Drinking Patterns" In: Risky Behavior Among Youths: An Economic Analysis. J. Gruber, ed. Chicago IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2001: pp. 375-437

3.	Moore, Michael J. Cook, Philip J.
3.	Habit and Heterogeneity in the Youthful Demand for Alcohol NBER Working Paper No. 5152, National Bureau of Economic Research, June 1995. Also: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w5152 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Keyword(s): Addiction; Adolescent Behavior; Alcohol Use; Heterogeneity Observed patterns of youthful drinking indicate substantial persistence. This paper analyzes how much of that persistence reflects the actual development of a habit, and how much is due to unobserved aspects of the individual and the environment. The role of restrictions on alcohol availability, both in the current period and in adolescence, is also explored. We find that much of the observed persistence represents habit formation, and not unobserved characteristics. Consequently, restrictions on availability, particularly at an early age, alter subsequent patterns of alcohol consumption and abuse. This paper is available in PDF (1408 K) format: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W5152.pdf
	Bibliography Citation Moore, Michael J. and Philip J. Cook. "Habit and Heterogeneity in the Youthful Demand for Alcohol." NBER Working Paper No. 5152, National Bureau of Economic Research, June 1995.

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