Binge drinking and labor market success: a longitudinal study on young people

被引:18
作者
Keng, Shao-Hsun
Huffman, Wallace E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Iowa State Univ, Dept Econ, Ames, IA 50011 USA
[2] Natl Univ Kaohsiung, Dept Appl Econ, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan
关键词
binge drinking; earnings; rational addiction; health; labor productivity; panel data;
D O I
10.1007/s00148-005-0043-x
中图分类号
C921 [人口统计学];
学科分类号
摘要
This paper presents a two-equation model of joint outcomes on an individual's decision to binge-drink and on his/her annual labor market earnings. The primary data source is the 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979-1994. We show that binge-drinking behavior is quite alcohol-price responsive and is a rational addiction. A new result is that an individual's decision to binge-drink has a statistically significant negative effect on his/her earnings. Furthermore, we conducted simulations of the short-run and long-run impacts of increasing the alcohol price. They showed that that the tendency for an individual to binge-drink heavily is reduced significantly, and the reduction is greater in the long- than short-run simulation. Also, an individual's annual earnings were increased. However, in the structural model, an individual's earnings have no significant effect on his/her tendency to engage in binge drinking. Our results contradict earlier findings from cross-sectional evidence that showed increased alcohol consumption raised an individual's earnings or wages.
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页码:35 / 54
页数:20
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