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Author: Yamada, Tetsuji
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1. Yamada, Tetsuji
Kendix, Michael
Yamada, Tadashi
The Impact of Alcohol Consumption and Marijuana Use on High School Graduation
NBER Working Paper No. 4497, National Bureau of Economic Research, October 1994.
Also: http://nber.nber.org/papers/W4497
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Drug Use; High School Completion/Graduates; High School Dropouts; Substance Use

According to a report published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, about 90 percent of high school seniors in 1990 had consumed alcohol within the past two weeks. Nearly one-third of the survey group had consumed five or more drinks in a row. The same report indicated that about three million youths aged 10 to 17 experienced multiple problems resulting from alcohol and drug abuse. Now an NBER study by the authors shows that alcohol and marijuana use have significant adverse effects on high school graduation. They find that frequent drinking, liquor and wine consumption, and frequent marijuana use reduce the probability of high school graduation by 4.3, 0.3, and 5.6 percent, respectively.
Bibliography Citation
Yamada, Tetsuji, Michael Kendix and Tadashi Yamada. "The Impact of Alcohol Consumption and Marijuana Use on High School Graduation." NBER Working Paper No. 4497, National Bureau of Economic Research, October 1994.
2. Yamada, Tetsuji
Kendix, Michael
Yamada, Tadashi
The Impact of Alcohol Consumption and Marijuana Use on High School Graduation
Health Economics 5,1 (January-February 1996): 77-92.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/%28SICI%291099-1050%28199601%295:1%3C77::AID-HEC184%3E3.0.CO;2-W/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Addiction; Alcohol Use; Dropouts; Educational Status; High School Completion/Graduates; Modeling; Substance Use; Taxes

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

In this study we use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) to estimate the relationship between high school graduation, and alcohol and marijuana use among high school students. We also estimate the demand determinants for each of these substances. Our results show that there are significant adverse effects of alcohol and marijuana use on high school graduation. In particular, increases in the incidence of frequent drinking, liquor and wine consumption, and frequent marijuana use, significantly reduce the probability of high school graduation. Our results also show that beer taxes, liquor prices and marijuana decriminalization have a significant impact on the demand for these substances. These findings have important policy implications. A ten percent increase in beer taxes, reduces alcohol consumption among high school students, which in turn raises the probability of high school graduation by about three percent. A 1 percent increase in liquor prices raises the probability of high school graduation by over 1 percent. Raising the minimum drinking age for liquor also reduces liquor and wine consumption, and thus, improves the probability of high school graduation. Although the relationship between marijuana decriminalization and marijuana use is not significant, decriminalization is found to reduce the probability of becoming a frequent drinker. This result suggests that marijuana use and frequent drinking are substitute activities. Illicit substance abuse reduces the rate of high school completion, reduces expected future earnings and creates potential health problems. Thus, high-school-based preventive programs which discourage alcohol consumption and marijuana use are highly recommended, in order to alleviate these problems.
Bibliography Citation
Yamada, Tetsuji, Michael Kendix and Tadashi Yamada. "The Impact of Alcohol Consumption and Marijuana Use on High School Graduation." Health Economics 5,1 (January-February 1996): 77-92.