title: The morning after: alcohol misuse and employment problems.
abstract: Using a rich, recent, and nationally representative longitudinal survey specifically designed to examine alcohol use and associated problems, we investigate the effects of alcohol misuse on a series of understudied and perhaps less common employment problems. Such problems include being fired or laid off from a job, sustained unemployment, and conflicts with a supervisor and/or co-worker. After controlling for time-invariant omitted variables via fixed effects estimation, we find evidence that three measures of alcohol misuse are significantly related to employment problems. The results offer new information on the potential adverse labor market effects of alcohol misuse and shed light on potential mechanisms through which alcohol misuse may impact intensive labor supply and/or wages.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Health Economics, Department of Sociology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Department of Economics, University of Miami, 5202 University Drive, Merrick Building, Room 121F, P.O. Box 248162, Coral Gables, FL 33124-2030, USA;  mfrench@miami.edu.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Johanna Catherine
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Maclean
authors.forename: Jody L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sindelar
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fang