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IZA Journal of Labor & Development

Table 3 Effects of the program on risk behavior

From: The effects of youth training on risk behavior: the role of non-cognitive skills

 

Smoke

Alcohol a

High alcohol

Marijuana

Other drugs

Fights

Witness

Victim

Summary index

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Panel A. Total effects

T × Post

0.06

0.01

−0.08

0.03

0.01

−0.01

0.02

0.06

0.01

 

(0.04)

(0.05)

(0.13)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.05)

(0.05)

(0.11)

Obs.

968

968

338

965

1074

967

1074

1074

337

R-Square

.0051

.000094

.016

.0072

.0062

.0005

.058

.043

.0015

Panel B. Dynamic effects

T × 1st follow-up

0.03

0.01

−0.08

0.02

0.00

0.01

0.11*

0.11*

0.08

 

(0.04)

(0.05)

(0.15)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.06)

(0.06)

(0.11)

T × 2nd follow-up

0.09*

0.00

−0.07

0.03

0.01

−0.04

−0.06

0.01

−0.06

 

(0.05)

(0.06)

(0.14)

(0.02)

(0.02)

(0.03)

(0.06)

(0.05)

(0.14)

Obs.

968

968

338

965

1074

967

1074

1074

337

R-Square

.01

.0038

.032

.0073

.0078

.0099

.082

.063

.019

Controls for all panels

         

Individual FE

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Period FE

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

  1. The summary index of risk behavior is an equally weighted average of the z-scores of its components (i.e., the eight measures of risk behavior). The z-scores are calculated by subtracting the control group mean and diving by the control group standard deviation. Clustered standard errors at he individual level are presented in parentheses
  2. aCasual alcohol
  3. *Significant at the 10 % level; **significant at the 5 %; ***significant at the 1 %. None of the coefficients are significant when we adjust the significance level using the Bonferroni’s correction for multiple testing
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