Relative Deprivation and Risky Behaviors
利用Add Health数据，研究学生相对社会经济地位对物质使用的直接影响，发现相对剥夺与男性青少年的饮酒、醉酒和吸烟正相关，但对女性无显著影响。
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.