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Alcohol Consumption and Long-Term Labor Market Outcomes.
https://arctichealth.org/en/permalink/ahliterature291234
Source
Health Econ. 2017 Mar; 26(3):275-291
Publication Type
Journal Article
Twin Study
Date
Mar-2017
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Author
Petri Böckerman
Ari Hyytinen
Terhi Maczulskij
Author Affiliation
Turku School of Economics, Labour Institute for Economic Research and IZA, Helsinki, Finland.
Source
Health Econ. 2017 Mar; 26(3):275-291
Date
Mar-2017
Language
English
Publication Type
Journal Article
Twin Study
Keywords
Adult
Alcohol drinking - epidemiology
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Female
Finland
Humans
Income - statistics & numerical data
Male
Self Report
Smoking
Surveys and Questionnaires
Abstract
This paper examines whether alcohol consumption is related to long-term labor market outcomes. We use twin data for Finnish men and women matched to register-based individual information on employment and earnings. The twin data allow us to account for the shared environmental and genetic factors. The quantity of alcohol consumption was measured by weekly average consumption using self-reported data from three surveys (1975, 1981 and 1990). The average of an individual's employment months and earnings were measured in adulthood over the period 1990-2009. The models that account for the shared environmental and genetic factors reveal that former drinkers and heavy drinkers both have almost 20% lower earnings compared with moderate drinkers. On average, former drinkers work annually approx. 1 month less over the 20-year observation period. These associations are robust to the use of covariates, such as education, pre-existing health endowment and smoking. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PubMed ID
26634338
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