Impact of Education on Lifestyles: What Do Longitudinal Data Show?

Shah Danyal, Bichaka Fayissa and Jong-Sung Lee

No 201102, Working Papers from Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Economics and Finance

Abstract: This essay investigates the effect of education on different lifestyle variables using NLSY79 panels for 1992, 1994, and 1998. The lifestyle variables are smoking, drinking, marijuana use, and cocaine use. The analysis addresses the joint determination of lifestyle variables within the framework of the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) model. Unobserved heterogeneity is controlled by the robust fixed-effects model extended to SUR model. It is found that educational attainment has no significant effect on the lifestyle choices of individuals.

Keywords: Education; Smoking; Drinking; Marijuana and Cocaine Use; Fixed-Effects Model; SUR Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C30 I1 I10 I12 I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-04
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