Does the economy affect teenage substance use?

Abstract:

:This research examines how teenage drug and alcohol use responds to changes in the economy. In contrast to the recent literature confirming pro-cyclical alcohol use among adults, this research offers strong evidence that a weaker economy leads to greater teenage marijuana and hard-drug use and some evidence that a weaker economy also leads to higher teenage alcohol use. The findings are based on logistic models with state and year fixed effects, using teenagers from the NLSY-1997. The evidence also indicates that teenagers are more likely to sell drugs in weaker economies. This suggests one mechanism for counter-cyclical drug use - that access to illicit drugs is easier when the economy is weaker. These results also suggest that the strengthening economy in the 1990s mitigated what would otherwise have been much larger increases in teenage drug use.

journal_name

Health Econ

journal_title

Health economics

authors

Arkes J

doi

10.1002/hec.1132

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-01-01 00:00:00

pages

19-36

issue

1

eissn

1057-9230

issn

1099-1050

journal_volume

16

pub_type

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