Peer Effects, Unobserved Factors and Risk Behaviours: An Analysis of Alcohol Abuse and Truancy among Adolescents
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Keywords
peer; truancy; alcohol; risk behaviours; unobserved factors; bivariate probit;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2007-02-17 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2007-02-17 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-SOC-2007-02-17 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
- NEP-URE-2007-02-17 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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