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Gender, Heroin Consumption and Economic Behaviour

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  • Bretteville-Jensen, A.L.

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The study examines differences in consumption and economic behaviour among male and female heroin users. The consumption pattern of the heroin addicts vary by gender, with females consuming relatively less alcohol and cannabis but significantly more heroin than their male counterparts.

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  • Bretteville-Jensen, A.L., 1999. "Gender, Heroin Consumption and Economic Behaviour," Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen 199, Department of Economics, University of Bergen.
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    1. Carlos Casacuberta & Mariana Gerstenblüth & Patricia Triunfo, 2012. "Aportes del análisis económico al estudio de las drogas," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0112, Department of Economics - dECON.
    2. Bretteville-Jensen,A.L. & Biorn,E., 2001. "Estimating addicts' price response of heroin : a panel data approach based on a re-interviewed sample," Memorandum 08/2001, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
    3. Jeff DeSimone, 2005. "Needle exchange programs and drug injection behavior," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 24(3), pages 559-577.
    4. Bretteville-Jensen, Anne-Line & Biørn, Erik, 2002. "Drug Injection, Drug Dealing, And The Influence Of Economic Factors: A Two-Drug Micro-Econometric Analysis," Working Papers in Economics 11/02, University of Bergen, Department of Economics.
    5. Anne Bretteville-Jensen, 2006. "Drug Demand – Initiation, Continuation and Quitting," De Economist, Springer, vol. 154(4), pages 491-516, December.
    6. Jeff DeSimone, 2002. "Determinants of Drug Injection Behavior: Economic Factors, HIV Injection Risk and Needle Exchange Programs," NBER Working Papers 9350, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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    Keywords

    DRUG ADDICTION ; HEALTH ; BEHAVIOUR ; SEX ROLES;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General

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