a little booze is good for your career

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Thu Feb 15 11:14:21 PST 2001


Doug, there is a fairly large literature on the positive correlation between drinking and income in the US. I had not thought of it before, but I don't remember if drinking is measured in $ or not. If so, -- well, Scotch costs more than beer.

On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 02:07:02PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> "The Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Occupational Attainment in
> England"
>
> BY: MICHAEL A. SHIELDS
> Public Sector Economics Research Centre
> ZIGGY MACDONALD
> University of Leicester
> Department of Economics
>
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> Paper ID: IZA Discussion Paper No. 166
> Date: June 2000
>
> Contact: MICHAEL A. SHIELDS
> Email: Mailto:mas9 at le.ac.uk
> Postal: Public Sector Economics Research Centre
> University of Leicester
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> Co-Auth: ZIGGY MACDONALD
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> ABSTRACT:
> In this study we provide evidence on the effect of alcohol
> consumption on occupational attainment in England. To do this we
> use samples of employees from the Health Survey for England
> between 1992 and 1996. We find that due to the endogenous nature
> of alcohol consumption, OLS estimates may provide a biased
> picture of the impact of alcohol consumption on occupational
> attainment. Using various sets of instrumental variables, we
> find positive and significant returns to moderate levels of
> drinking for male and female employees which drop-off rapidly as
> consumption increases.
>
> Keywords: Alcohol, occupational attainment, endogeneity

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