A pint a day raises a man's pay; but smoking blows that gain away.
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. The wages of females are not affected by smoking and drinking.
van Ours
Jan C
JC
Department of Economics and Center for Economic Research (CentER), Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. vanours@uvt.nl
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004651:Employment / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017059:Models, Econometric; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors