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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w23803
来源ID	Working Paper 23803
	The Effects of Graduation Requirements on Risky Health Behaviors of High School Students
	Zhuang Hao; Benjamin W. Cowan
发表日期	2017-09-11
出版年	2017
语种	英语
摘要	Previous studies have shown that years of formal schooling attained affects health behaviors, but little is known about how the stringency of academic programs affects such behaviors, especially among youth. Using national survey data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS), we study the effects of mathematics and science high-school graduation requirements (HSGR) on high school students’ risky health behaviors--specifically on drinking, smoking, and marijuana use. We find that an increase in mathematics and science HSGR has significant negative impacts on alcohol consumption among high-school students, especially males and non-white students. The effects of math and science HSGR on smoking and marijuana use are also negative but generally less precisely estimated. Our results suggest that curriculum design may have potential as a policy tool to curb youth drinking.
主题	Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Education
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w23803
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/581477
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhuang Hao,Benjamin W. Cowan. The Effects of Graduation Requirements on Risky Health Behaviors of High School Students. 2017.

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