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Title: Early Health Related Behaviours and Their Impact on Later Life Chances: Evidence from the US
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Burgess, Simon M. Propper, Carol |
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Early Health Related Behaviours and Their Impact on Later Life Chances: Evidence from the US Health Economics 7,5 (August 1998): 381-399. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/%28SICI%291099-1050%28199808%297:5%3C381::AID-HEC359%3E3.0.CO;2-B/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior, Violent; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Deviance; Drug Use; Earnings; Health Factors; Illegal Activities; Marital Stability; Marriage Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper uses evidence from the US to examine the impact of adolescent illegal consumption and violent behaviour on later life chances. Specifically, we look at the effect of such behaviour by young men in late adolescence on productivity and household formation ten years on. We find that alcohol and soft drug consumption have no harmful effects on economic prospects in later life. In contrast, hard drug consumption and violent behaviour in adolescence are both associated with lower productivity even by the time the individuals are in their late twenties. These effects are substantial and affect earnings levels and earnings growth. These results are robust to the inclusion of a rich set of additional controls measuring aspects of the individuals' backgrounds. However, we find no evidence of any of these behaviours significantly affecting household formation. The data we use in this paper are taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)....The survey is on-going; we use data through 1992. ...The key variables that we focus on arise from questions asked in 1980. These therefore relate to the choices and experiences of the respondents as adolescents (90% are between the ages of 16 and 22). |
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Burgess, Simon M. and Carol Propper. "Early Health Related Behaviours and Their Impact on Later Life Chances: Evidence from the US." Health Economics 7,5 (August 1998): 381-399.
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