Adolescent alcohol use, sociability and income as a young adult

Marlon P. Mundt; Michael T. French

doi:10.1080/00036846.2012.707773

Adolescent alcohol use, sociability and income as a young adult

Marlon P. Mundt, Michael T. French

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Abstract

We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to study how sociability and adolescent alcohol use impact personal income as a young adult. We find that factors which enhance not only individual sociability but also social interaction at the community level are positively linked to future earnings of adolescents. Adolescents whose friends and friends of friends have greater sociability reap long-term labour market rewards into adulthood. After adjusting for individual and community sociability, the effect of teenage alcohol consumption on labour market earnings as young adults is reduced. Our results suggest that earnings premiums associated with adolescent alcohol consumption may be partially explained by social network dynamics.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3329-3339
Number of pages	11
Journal	Applied Economics
Volume	45
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2012.707773
State	Published - 2013

Keywords

Adolescent
Alcohol
Labour market
Social network

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Economics and Econometrics

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