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Peer Effects, Unobserved Factors and Risk Behaviours: An Analysis of Alcohol Abuse and Truancy among Adolescents

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Rosa Duarte () (University of Zaragoza)
José-Julián Escario () (University of Zaragoza)
José-Alberto Molina () (University of Zaragoza and IZA)

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The objective of this paper is to examine the factors which affect alcohol abuse and truancy among adolescents. We propose a new theoretical specification in which alcohol abuse and truancy appear as derived demands, given that they condition peer group and family acceptance, and we introduce unobserved individual effects that can influence both behaviours. Empirically, our paper develops an analysis where, after controlling for the existence of unobserved individual factors affecting both decisions, we test for peer influences. Our results first show evidence that alcohol abuse and truancy share unobserved factors affecting both decisions, and then confirm the existence of significant peer group influences on these two deviant behaviours.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 2589.

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Keywords: peer; unobserved factors; risk behaviours; alcohol; truancy; bivariate probit;

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I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Production
I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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