Abstract
Relative deprivation has been associated with lower social and job satisfaction as well as adverse health outcomes. Using Add Health data, we examine whether a student's relative socioeconomic status (SES) has a direct effect on substance use. We advance the existing literature by addressing selection and simultaneity bias and by focusing on a reference group likely to exert the most influence on the respondents. We find that relative deprivation is positively associated with alcohol consumption, drinking to intoxication, and smoking for adolescent males, but not for females. Alternative variable definitions and robustness checks confirm these findings.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 446-471 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Journal of Human Resources |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 2014 |
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- Economics and Econometrics
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation
- Strategy and Management
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Relative deprivation and risky behaviors. / Balsa, Ana I.; French, Michael; Regan, Tracy L.
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AU - Regan, Tracy L.
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AB - Relative deprivation has been associated with lower social and job satisfaction as well as adverse health outcomes. Using Add Health data, we examine whether a student's relative socioeconomic status (SES) has a direct effect on substance use. We advance the existing literature by addressing selection and simultaneity bias and by focusing on a reference group likely to exert the most influence on the respondents. We find that relative deprivation is positively associated with alcohol consumption, drinking to intoxication, and smoking for adolescent males, but not for females. Alternative variable definitions and robustness checks confirm these findings.
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