Alcohol abuse and economic conditions: Evidence from repeated cross-sections of individual-level data
Alcohol abuse and economic conditions: Evidence from repeated cross-sections of individual-level data
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DOI：
10.1002/hec.588
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发表时间：
2001-04-01
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Dee, TS
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作者：
Dee, TS
这项研究提供了关于宏观经济状况与酒精消费模式之间关系的新证据。先前的研究表明，酒精滥用呈顺周期变化，这意味着收入效应主导着与时间机会成本或经济衰退心理压力相关的任何饮酒模式。然而，这些推论要么基于消费量的总体衡量，要么基于可能令人困惑的横截面识别策略。本研究通过评估 1984 年至 1995 年期间参加疾病控制和预防中心行为危险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 调查的 70 万多名受访者的详细消费数据来研究这些问题。结果提供了强有力的证据，表明酗酒的流行具有很强的反周期性。此外，即使在那些仍然有工作的人中，在经济衰退期间酗酒的情况也大幅增加。这些结果表明，经济衰退引起的酗酒流行率的增加并不仅仅反映了休闲时间的增加，而且可能反映了经济压力的影响。版权所有 (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
This study presents novel evidence on the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and patterns of alcohol consumption. Prior research has suggested that alcohol abuse varies procyclically, implying that income effects dominate any drinking patterns related to the opportunity cost of time or the psychological stress of recessions. However, those inferences have been based either on aggregate measures of consumption volume or possibly confounded cross-sectional identification strategies. This study examines these issues by evaluating detailed consumption data from the more than 700 000 respondents who participated in the Center for Disease Control and prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys over the 1984-1995 period. The results provide robust evidence that the prevalence of binge drinking is strongly countercyclical. Furthermore, even among those who remain employed, binge drinking increased substantially during economic downturns. This combination of results suggests that recession-induced increases in the prevalence of binge drinking do not simply reflect an increased availability of leisure and may instead reflect the influence of economic stress. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.