Peer effects on substance use among American teenagers

Daiji Kawaguchi

Journal of Population Economics, 2004, vol. 17, issue 2, 367 pages

Abstract: The widespread use of illicit substances by American teenagers has attracted the interest of both the general public and academic researchers. Among the various factors that people believe influence youth substance use, peer effects are identified as a critical determinant. Identifying peer effects, however, is known to be a difficult task. In an attempt to overcome known difficulties, I estimate peer effects on substance usage among American teenagers using perceived peer behavior in the National Longitudinal Survey Youth 97. The data indicate robust peer effects. Moreover, the results do not change substantially in school and household fixed effects estimations. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2004

Keywords: Subjective perception; reflection problem; youth behavior; C13; I12; Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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