DP3308 A Pint a Day Raises a Man's Pay; But Smoking Blows that Gain Away

Author(s):	Jan C. van Ours
Publication Date:	April 2002
Keyword(s):	drinking, earnings regressions, smoking, wages
JEL(s):	C41, D12
Programme Areas:	Labour Economics
Link to this Page:	cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=3308

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.