Away"
BY: JAN C. VAN OURS
Tilburg University
Department of Economics
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection:
http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=311433
Paper ID: CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3308
Date: April 2002
Contact: JAN C. VAN OURS
Email: Mailto:vanours at kub.nl
Postal: Tilburg University
Department of Economics
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P.O. Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg, NETHERLANDS
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ABSTRACT:
This Paper studies the wage effects of the use of alcohol and
tobacco. The analysis based on a recent survey in the
Netherlands shows that for males the use of tobacco has a
negative wage effect of about 10% while the use of alcohol has a
positive wage effect of about the same size. Smoking and
drinking do not affect the wages of females.
Keywords: Drinking, smoking, wages, earnings regressions