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. 2016 Jun 9;18(4):495–517. doi: 10.1007/s10198-016-0805-2

Table 2.

Beer frequency and intensity demand equation estimates, males

All drinkers Binge drinkers
Frequency Intensity Frequency Intensity
Linear time trend −0.01 −0.00 −0.02* 0.01
(0.00) (0.00) (0.01) (0.01)
Alcohol duty change 08 −0.05** 0.04*** −0.07** 0.07***
(0.02) (0.01) (0.03) (0.02)
INCOME1 (reference)
 INCOME2 0.07 0.00 0.12* −0.06
(0.04) (0.03) (0.06) (0.05)
 INCOME3 0.23*** −0.03 0.28*** −0.14**
(0.07) (0.06) (0.09) (0.07)
 INCOME4 0.37*** −0.02 0.46*** −0.23**
(0.11) (0.08) (0.14) (0.10)
 INCOME5 0.47*** −0.08 0.56*** −0.36***
(0.12) (0.09) (0.16) (0.12)
 INCOME6 0.48*** −0.16* 0.57*** −0.47***
(0.13) (0.09) (0.15) (0.12)
COMPULSORY SCHOOL (reference)
 COLLEGE 0.07*** −0.01 0.15*** −0.11***
(0.03) (0.02) (0.05) (0.04)
 UNIVERSITY −0.02 −0.14*** 0.01 −0.18***
(0.02) (0.01) (0.02) (0.02)
 LNAGE −0.15* −0.83*** −0.54** −0.25
(0.08) (0.06) (0.24) (0.18)
EMP (reference)
 INACTIVE −0.12** −0.17*** −0.29** 0.04
(0.05) (0.04) (0.12) (0.09)
 UNEMP 0.05 0.08*** 0.03 0.09**
(0.03) (0.02) (0.05) (0.04)
 STUDENT −0.02 −0.10*** −0.07 −0.03
(0.03) (0.02) (0.05) (0.04)
 COHABIT −0.02 −0.20*** −0.11*** −0.11***
(0.01) (0.01) (0.03) (0.03)
 IMR 0.58** −0.18 0.97*** −0.71***
(0.25) (0.19) (0.34) (0.26)
 CONSTANT 1.25*** 4.86*** 2.24*** 3.59***
(0.08) (0.06) (0.48) (0.36)
Participation observations 59,251 59,251 59,251 59,251
Freq/intens observations 35,650 35,650 19,297 19,297
Proportion drink/binge 60 % 60 % 33 % 33 %

Results are conditional on beer drinking participation. Reference categories are income <10,000 sek, compulsory schooling, employed, and living alone. Alcohol duty change is a dummy set to one after January 1, 2008, when there was a change in beer and wine excise duties. Month dummies to capture resampling effects and seasonality and regional dummies are included in all models (reference categories: Stockholm and January). Testing the null of no effect: *** p < 0.01; ** p < 0.05; * p < 0.1