Peer effects, unobserved factors and risk behaviours in adolescence

Revista de Economia Aplicada

Volumn 19, Issue 55, 2011, Pages 125-151

  Duarte, Rosa ^a   Escario, Jose Julián ^a   Molina, José Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bivariate probit; Peer; Risk behaviours; Truancy; Unobserved factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955532039     PISSN: 1133455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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