Does Drinking Affect Grades More for Women? Gender Differences in the Effects of Heavy Episodic Drinking in College

Amy M. Wolaver

The American Economist, 2007, vol. 51, issue 2, 72-88

Abstract: The effects of heavy episodic drinking on studying and grades are modeled separately for college men and women using instrumental variable, simultaneous equation techniques with the 1993 & 1997 College Alcohol Studies data. Binge drinking lowers predicted grades by three tenths of a point for both genders. Current drinking is predicted to increase study hours for women; the effects for men are ambiguous. High school binging decreases study hours for women. The direct effect of drinking on grades remains negative under all robustness checks; the effect on study hours for women is robust to most specifications changes.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1177/056943450705100211

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