| The effects of alcohol use on academic achievement in high school. | |
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PMID: 21278841 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This paper examines the effects of alcohol use on high school students' quality of learning. We estimate fixed-effects models using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Our primary measure of academic achievement is the student's GPA abstracted from official school transcripts. We find that increases in alcohol consumption result in small yet statistically significant reductions in GPA for male students and in statistically non-significant changes for females. For females, however, higher levels of drinking result in self-reported academic difficulty. The fixed-effects results are substantially smaller than OLS estimates, underscoring the importance of addressing unobserved individual heterogeneity. |
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Ana I Balsa; Laura M Giuliano; Michael T French |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Economics of education review Volume: 30 ISSN: 0272-7757 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-1-31 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101087557 Medline TA: Econ Educ Rev Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-15 Citation Subset: - |
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Research Professor, Center for Applied Research on Poverty, Family, and Education, Department of Economics, Universidad de Montevideo; Prudencio de Pena 2440, Montevideo, 11600, Uruguay; ext 300; ext 325; abalsa@um.edu.uy. |
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R01 AA013167-06//NIAAA NIH HHS; R01 AA015695-03//NIAAA NIH HHS; R01 DA018645-05//NIDA NIH HHS; R03 AA016371-02//NIAAA NIH HHS |
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