Heterogeneity in the intergenerational transmission of alcohol consumption: a quantile regression approach

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dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Christoph M.
dc.contributor.authorTauchmann, Harald
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-25T12:07:20Z
dc.date.available2010-05-25T12:07:20Z
dc.date.issued2010-05-25T12:07:20Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper addresses the question of whether the effect of parental drinking on children’s later consumption of alcohol – which is frequently found to be of positive sign – exhibits a certain pattern of heterogeneity. In particular, if this effect is more prominent in the upper tail than elsewhere in the distribution of children’s alcohol consumption, conventional regression analyses that focus on the mean effect may substantially underrate parental drinking as a risk factor for children’s later alcohol abuse. In our empirical application, we address this issue by applying censored quantile regression methods to German survey data. The supposed pattern of heterogeneity is indeed found in the data, at least for daily parental drinking. In addition, the intergenerational transmission of alcohol consumption exhibits gender-specific heterogeneity. JEL classification: C14, I12, J62en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/27241
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-8726
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion Paper / SFB 823;19/2010
dc.subjectAlcohol consumptionen
dc.subjectCensored quantile regressionen
dc.subjectHeterogeneityen
dc.subjectIntergenerational transmissionen
dc.subject.ddc310
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.titleHeterogeneity in the intergenerational transmission of alcohol consumption: a quantile regression approachen
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