A pint a day raises a man's pay; but smoking blows that gain away

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A pint a day raises a man's pay; but smoking blows that gain away

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Ours, J.C. van (Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research)

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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.

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Paper provided by Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research in its series Discussion Paper with number 20.

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Andrew Clark & Fabrice Etilé, 2003. "Don't Give up on me Baby: Spousal Correlation in Smoking Behaviour," DELTA Working Papers 2003-25, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure). [Downloadable!]
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