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However, the relationship between binge-drinking and wages is not necessarily direct.“It doesn’t make sense to think about it as a causal relationship,” warned Chatterji. “The data suggests that there are unobserved factors associated with drinking and wages that are hard to measure...
Dean of the Social Sciences David Cutler '87. an economist, agreed. “I doubt it’s causal; it could be a selection issue. Students who binge drink in college could be more popular; popularity carries over to the labor market,” Cutler said...
...know that children thrive in nurturing environments,” said Gillian A. Najarian, deputy director of the new center. The center’s research will attempt to elucidate the “causal mechanism” that makes this true, she adds...
...study support the widespread view that negative emotions can have physiological impacts—for example, by causing chronic inflammation in the lungs. While Kubzansky describes the results of the study as “definitive,” she says that it is too early to infer causal relationships from the data. “There is always the possibility, however slim, that the same gene causes hostility and a faster rate of pulmonary decline, or that both come about as a result of childhood adversity.” The results of the study will be published...
...McGill University Youth Gambling Research Clinic, called out government and private industry for the unprecedented marketing of gambling to kids--from using cartoon characters on state lottery scratchers to mainstream retailers' selling World Poker Tour chocolates. He cited a number of studies showing a link, although not necessarily a causal relationship, between teen gambling and higher rates of drinking, drugs and suicide. He estimated that there are 5 million youths in the U.S. and Canada who have some kind of gambling problem. Parents are a big part of that problem, he said. "Just as you wouldn't sit down...