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

Abstract

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.drinking;smoking;wages;earnings regressions