Alcohol consumption and individual time preferences of Russians

Kossova, Tatiana; Kossova, Elena; Sheluntcova, Maria

doi:10.1007/s12232-016-0262-3

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“…Explanatory variables are socio-economic characteristics of individuals. These factors were previously used in the analysis of alcohol consumption volume in Russia by Kolosnitsyna et al (2015), and frequency of alcohol consumption by Kossova et al (2017b) and Roshchina and Radaev (2019). Factors are age, pensioner status, marital status, disability, presence of children under 18, educational level, employment status, income and the type of population settlement.…”

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“…On the macrolevel, there was the reduction in the total volume of alcohol consumption from 15.8 L per capita aged 15 years and over in 2010 to 11.2 in 2018 (OECD, 2019). The overall decline was accompanied by a decrease in vodka consumption and an increase in beer consumption (Deconinck and Swinnen, 2015; Kossova et al , 2017b).…”

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“…Empirical studies identify socio-economic factors associated with the decision of Russians to drink alcohol in the context of gender and alcoholic drinks (Kossova et al , 2017b; Roshchina and Bogdanov, 2018). Researchers examine the relationship between alcohol consumption and premature mortality in Russia (Grigoriev and Andreev, 2015).…”

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Evaluation of changes in alcohol consumption: evidence from Russia

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PurposeThe paper investigates changes in consumption of pure alcohol, vodka, beer, wine and fortified wine by neighboring age classes of Russians.Design/methodology/approachData source is the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey – HSE from 2000 to 2017. Age groups are those born in 1934 and older, in 1935–1944 and further with a 10-years interval till the group of 1985 and younger. The amount of consumed alcohol is estimated with Heckman model. LR-test is used to determine the similarity of alcohol consumption behavior of age groups. Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition presents the difference in the average level of alcohol consumption among two neighboring age classes with the explained and unexplained parts.FindingsMale and female respondents from the group (1985+) drink significantly less absolute alcohol than the previous age class born in 1975–1984. Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition shows that an increase in absolute alcohol consumption for women and a decrease in absolute alcohol consumption for men come from the unexplained difference of consumption volumes. Policy measures should be targeted on the prevention of excessive alcohol consumption among Russian women since they demonstrate an increase in the consumption of vodka, beer and fortified wine from one generation to another.Originality/valueFor the first time, the paper presents decomposition of changes in alcohol consumption volumes for neighboring age groups of Russians. The change in consumption volumes might be due to the change of objective characteristics of individuals and unobservable factors like the influence of advertising, government policy and the entry of new alcohol producers into the market.

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“…In addition to unemployment, income inequality and wealth status are also shown to be powerful macroeconomic indicators of alcohol consumption, as shown by Kossova, Kossova, and Sheluntcova (2017) for Russian regions, and Niklas and Sadik-Zada (2019) for a panel of 12 major wine-producing and consuming countries. Based on data from France, Chaix and Chauvin (2003) find a positive relationship between the level of household income and alcohol consumption.…”

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Business Cycles and Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from a Nonlinear Panel ARDL Approach

Sadik‐Zada

Niklas

2021

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This study revisits the relationship between economic variables and alcohol consumption from a macro perspective. Focusing explicitly on the asymmetries of the responsiveness of alcohol consumption during the expansion and contraction phases of the business cycle, asymmetric panel estimators are employed. We employ a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag model for a panel of 24 countries for the period 1961 to 2014. Findings show that expansion leads to a long-term increase in average alcohol consumption, while during contraction, the level of average alcohol consumption persists. Expansion, together with a pronounced reduction in the unemployment rate could, however, lead to a net reduction of gross alcohol and wine consumption. Nonetheless, if the recession corresponds with a surge in unemployment, this leads to a long-run increase in the level of total gross alcohol consumption but a decrease in wine and beer consumption. Reduction in unemployment does not lead to a reduction in beer consumption, as pre-expansion levels of beer consumption persist. (JEL Classifications: E32, I19, L66)

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“…We can suppose that there is no single cause, rather a number of factors have led to the reduction in alcohol consumption. Drinking habits vary a lot between socio-demographic groups, and depend on gender, age, educational and employment status, income, type of settlement and many other individual characteristics (Kolosnitsyna et al, 2015;Kossova et al, 2017;Radaev, 2016;Roschina, 2013). Young people drink less than middle-aged people and prefer low-alcohol beverages (Kueng, Yakovlev, 2014).…”

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Alcohol Policies and Crime Rates in Russian Regions

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In economic theory, alcohol consumption is considered as an addictive and sometimes irrational behaviour. Such behaviour often leads to undesirable external effects: increasing crime rates, traffic and occupational accidents, fires, and domestic violence. That is why most countries facing high levels of alcohol intake apply special measures to reduce consumption and, as a result, the external effects. Recently, the same measures have also been put in place in Russia, including price rises and time restrictions on retail alcohol sales. This paper investigates the influence of these measures on crime indicators. The empirical study is based on an econometric analysis of panel data from Russian regions, 2003Russian regions, -2015 The results confirm the effectiveness of time restrictions on alcohol sales with regard to juvenile and adult crime. However, the increase of vodka prices due to increasing excise tax reduces juvenile crime but does not influence crime rates among adults.

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Alcohol consumption and individual time preferences of Russians

Cited by 9 publications

References 32 publications

Evaluation of changes in alcohol consumption: evidence from Russia

Evaluation of changes in alcohol consumption: evidence from Russia

Business Cycles and Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from a Nonlinear Panel ARDL Approach

Alcohol Policies and Crime Rates in Russian Regions

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