Rational alcohol addiction: evidence from the Russian longitudinal monitoring survey

Baltagi, Badi H.; Geishecker, Ingo

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“…This result is consistent with the findings of a low price elasticity of demand for cigarettes in Russia and China by Lance et al (2004). Baltagi and Geishecker (2006) report a very broad range of price elasticities for alcohol, which does not allow for a precise comparison with our results. Furthermore, consumers from the young cohort and women living in higher income regions and areas with high GRP growth smoke more cigarettes.…”

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“…6 (2) Conversely, consumers might 5 Baltagi and Geishecker (2006) test the theory of rational addiction using panel data, and find some evidence of addictive behavior for alcohol consumption of Russian males. 6 An excellent discussion of the theoretical models and empirical tests of addiction for risky health behaviors in developed countries is presented in Cawley and Ruhm (2011 In the case of lost employment, we expect the consumer to reduce, for example, demand for food diversity.…”

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“…In addition, motivated by results by Baltagi and Geishecker (2006), we also split 11 The prices are calculated relative to an aggregate price over the prices for all different types of foods for which expenditure information is available. The weights for alcohol price are the same as the weights to calculate pure alcohol content (Schultz, 2008) the sample by gender and estimate separate models of demand for alcohol and cigarettes for men and women.…”

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The dynamics of food, alcohol and cigarette consumption in Russia during transition

Herzfeld

Huffman

Rizov

2014

Economics & Human Biology

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in The dynamics of food, alcohol and cigarette consumption in Russia during transition Abstract:This paper presents evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on the dynamics of fat, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on the diversity of the diet in Russia between 1994 and 2005. All those aspects of nutritional behavior are important inputs to the production of health. A dynamic panel data model is used to estimate demand functions for fat, protein, alcohol, cigarette and diversity of the diet. The results suggest the existence of strong habits in drinking and smoking, and the absence of habits in fat and protein consumption. We also found evidence of habit formation for food diversity. Comparing nutritional behavior of younger and older consumers we find significant differences for demand for fat and cigarettes. Older consumers seem to be more persistent in their drinking and smoking behavior. Similarly, men show higher habit persistence for alcohol and cigarettes consumption. The results also suggest that among individual determinants, especially education, income and employment have statistically significant impacts on consumption behavior. Regarding the macroeconomic variables, economic growth is negatively related to protein consumption, while regional unemployment rate is negatively affecting demand for protein and food diversity. Finally, Russian consumers react to price changes of alcohol, cigarettes, fat and protein as suggested by theory. Consumer demand for food diversity responds negatively to price changes of alcohol and cigarettes but positively to price of fat.

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The dynamics of food, alcohol and cigarette consumption in Russia during transition

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Rizov

2014

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“…Brainerd and Cutler (2005) suggest that the increase in alcohol consumption is one of the leading causes of the dramatic positive trend in mortality rates during transitional years, accounting for about 25% of the increased mortality 3 . Moreover, consumption of vodka is more likely to be binge rather than moderate drinking (Brainerd and Cutler, 2005;Baltagi and Geishecker, 2006). During the transition to a market economy, positive trends in alcohol consumption patterns were observed by several studies, all of them using RLMS data.…”

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“…Alcohol consumption was the third leading cause of death during the Soviet regime (Baltagi and Geishecker, 2006), and was one of the main causes of increased mortality during the transition decades (Brainerd and Cutler, 2005). Tekin (2004) has exploited the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE) to estimate the effects of alcohol consumption on employment and wages for males and females during transition.…”

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Do parents drink their children’s welfare? Intra-household allocation of time between market labour, domestic work and child care in Russia

Giannelli

Mangiavacchi

Piccoli

2013

IZA J Labor Develop

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The aim of this paper is to investigate whether parental alcohol consumption leads to a reduction of child welfare. To this end, we analyse whether alcohol consumption decreases parents' time spent looking after children and working. Using the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, we estimate a model of intra-household allocation of time for mono-nuclear families with children under fifteen years of age. We find that fathers' alcohol consumption has a negative impact on their weekly hours spent doing child care, while no significant effect is observed for mothers' alcohol consumption.

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Gender Differences in Alcohol Demand: A Systematic Review of the Role of Prices and Taxes

Nelson

2013

Health Economics

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Gender differences in drinking patterns are potentially important for public policies, especially policies that rely extensively on higher alcohol taxes and prices. This paper presents a systematic review of alcohol prices and gender differences in drinking and heavy drinking by adults and young adults. Starting with a database of 578 studies of alcohol demand and other outcomes, 15 studies are reviewed of adult drinking including discussion of samples, measurement issues, econometric models, special variables, and key empirical results. A similar discussion is presented for eight studies of drinking by young adults, ages 18–26 years. Four conclusions are obtained from the review. First, adult men have less elastic demands compared with women. Second, there is little or no price response by heavy‐drinking adults, regardless of gender. Third, although the sample is small, price might be important for drinking participation by young adults. Fourth, the results strongly suggest that heavy drinking by young adults, regardless of gender, is not easily dissuaded by higher prices. Policy implications, primary study limitations, and suggestions for future research are discussed. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Rational alcohol addiction: evidence from the Russian longitudinal monitoring survey

Abstract: Alcohol consumption in Russia is legendary and has been reported to be the third leading cause of death in the former Soviet Union after heart disease

Cited by 37 publications

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The dynamics of food, alcohol and cigarette consumption in Russia during transition

The dynamics of food, alcohol and cigarette consumption in Russia during transition

Do parents drink their children’s welfare? Intra-household allocation of time between market labour, domestic work and child care in Russia

Gender Differences in Alcohol Demand: A Systematic Review of the Role of Prices and Taxes

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