Youth alcohol use and risky sexual behavior: evidence from underage drunk driving laws
Youth alcohol use and risky sexual behavior: evidence from underage drunk driving laws
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.09.014
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发表时间：
2005-05-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Carpenter, C
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作者：
Carpenter, C
最近的研究对以前估计青少年饮酒和危险性行为之间关系的方法提出了质疑[Rashad，L，Kaestner，R.，2004.青少年性行为、毒品和酒精用途：识别危险行为原因的问题。Journal of Health Economics 23，493-503].本文提供了关于这个问题的新证据，通过使用减少严重的酒精使用未成年男性诱导国家通过非常严格的针对年龄的“零容忍”酒后驾车的法律。我估计减少形式模型的影响，零容忍法律对国家淋病率的年龄组和种族在1981-2000年期间，控制状态和年度固定的影响和状态特定的时间趋势。我发现，采用零容忍法律与15-19岁白色男性淋病发病率的显著降低有关，对年龄稍大的20-24岁男性没有影响，他们的饮酒行为不受更严厉的政策的影响。我发现对白色女性有混合效应，对黑人没有显著影响。虽然不是结论性的，但这些结果表明，酒精使用在年轻男性的危险性行为中起着重要作用。(c)2005 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
Recent research calls into question previous methods for estimating the relationship between alcohol use and risky sexual behavior among youths [Rashad, L, Kaestner, R., 2004. Teenage sex, drugs and alcohol use: problems identifying the cause of risky behaviors. Journal of Health Economics 23, 493-503]. This paper provides new evidence on this question by using reductions in heavy alcohol use among underage males induced by state adoption of very strict age-targeted "Zero Tolerance" drunk driving laws. I estimate reduced form models of the effects of Zero Tolerance laws on state gonorrhea rates by age group and race over the period 1981-2000, controlling for state and year fixed effects and state-specific time trends. I find that adoption of a Zero Tolerance law was associated with a significant reduction in gonorrhea rates among 15-19-year-old white males, with no effect for slightly older males age 20-24 whose drinking behavior was unaffected by the tougher policies. I find mixed effects for white females and no significant effects for blacks. While not conclusive, these results suggest an important role for alcohol use in risky sexual behavior among young men. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.