Smoke Signals: Adolescent Smoking and School Continuation. Working Papers Series. SAN06-05

Autor/inn/en	Cook, Philip J.; Hutchinson, Rebecca
Institution	Duke Univ., Durham, NC. Terry Sanford Inst. of Public Policy.
Titel	Smoke Signals: Adolescent Smoking and School Continuation. Working Papers Series. SAN06-05
Quelle	(2006), (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Smoking; Dropouts; Drinking; Adolescents; Academic Persistence; High Risk Students; Grade 11; Predictor Variables; Graduation; Social Influences; Higher Education; Peer Influence; College Bound Students; United States; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Trinken; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Problemschüler; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Prädiktor; Abschluss; Graduierung; Sozialer Einfluss; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; USA
Abstract	This paper presents an exploratory analysis using NLSY97 data of the relationship between the likelihood of school continuation and the choices of whether to smoke or drink. We demonstrate that in the United States as of the late 1990s, smoking in 11th-grade was a uniquely powerful predictor of whether the student finished high school, and if so whether the student matriculated in a four-year college. For economists the likely explanation for this empirical link would be based on interpersonal differences in time preference, but that account is called in question by our second finding--that drinking does not predict school continuation. We speculate that the demand for tobacco by high school students is influenced by the signal conveyed by smoking (of being offtrack in school), one that is especially powerful for high-aptitude students. To further develop this view, we present estimates of the likelihood of smoking as a function of school commitment and other, more traditional variables. There are no direct implications from this analysis for whether smoking is in some sense a cause of school dropout. We offer some speculations on this matter in the conclusion. (Contains 9 tables, 3 figures, and 5 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10