Keeping off the Grass? An Econometric Model of Cannabis Consumption by Young People in Britain

Stephen Pudney

No 02/9, Discussion Papers in Economics from Division of Economics, School of Business, University of Leicester

Abstract: This paper presents estimates of a dynamic individual-level model of cannabis consumption, using data from a 1998 survey of young people in Britain. The econometric model is a split-population generalisation of the non-stationary Poisson process, allowing for a separate dynamic process for initiation into cannabis use. The model allows for heterogeneity in consumption levels and behavioural shifts induced by leaving education and the parental home.

Keywords: Cannabis; Illicit drugs; Transition modelling; Poisson processes; Demand analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C43 C82 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-08, Revised 2002-03
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