TY  - JOUR
T1  - Early High, Early Out? Marijuana Consumption During Youth and
Educational Outcomes
AU - Bessey, Donata 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 10
SP  - 346
EP  - 355
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2019.346.355
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2019.346.355
KW  - Risky behavior
KW  -production of human capital
KW  -vocational education
KW  -marijuana consumption
KW  -educational
KW  -horizon
AB  - I analyze the impact of timing of onset of marijuana use in youth on educational outcomes,
distinguishing between general and vocational education. Using the Swiss Health Survey (2002) and a
generalized ordered logit model for the estimations, I find some evidence for harmful effects of early marijuana
consumption on educational success. Respondents who started to use marijuana before age 15 are significantly
less likely to have at least a general secondary-level education, general tertiary-level and vocational
secondary-level education. Those who started to use marijuana between age 16 and 18 are more likely to have
a secondary or tertiary-level general education than those who never used the drug. The effects differ between
those in general and those in vocational education, suggesting that the differences in institutional setting and
time horizon between the two different educational tracks might lead to different effects on educational
outcomes.
ER  -