a little booze is good for your career

[Peter Kosenko]

The real question is whether or not I am going to PAY SSRN for a copy of this paper or save my money and go get a beer at the bar after work.  A true question of "marginal utility." 

Peter Kosenko

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Michael Perelman <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu>
Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 11:14:21 -0800


>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
>> 
>> Document:  Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection:
>>             http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=250109