Is moderate alcohol use related to wages? Evidence from four worksites

French, Michael T.; Zarkin, Gary A.

doi:10.1016/0167-6296(95)90921-r

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“…A lower consumption of alcohol was also found among subjects who were professionally active, with a higher socioeconomic status and married. Those ®ndings are in agreement with other studies (French & Zarkin, 1995;Heien, 1996) and might also partly explain the bene®cial effect of moderate drinking, as the incidence of cardiovascular disease is lower in those groups. Still, those ®ndings cannot be extrapolated to all populations, since it has been shown that in some countries alcohol consumption is positively related with ®nancial status (Balabanova & McKee, 1999).…”

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Patterns of alcohol consumption in middle-aged men from France and Northern Ireland. The PRIME Study

Marques‐Vidal

Arveiler

et al. 2000

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objective: To assess the patterns of alcohol consumption in France and Northern Ireland. Design: Four cross-sectional studies. Setting: Sample of 50 ± 59 y old men living in France and Northern Ireland, consuming at least one unit of alcoholic beverage per week. Subjects: 5363 subjects from France and 1367 from Northern Ireland. Interventions: None. Results: Consumption of wine was higher in France whereas consumption of beer and spirits was higher in Northern Ireland. Alcohol drinking was rather homogeneous throughout the week in France, whereas Fridays and Saturdays accounted for 60% of total alcohol consumption in Northern Ireland. In both countries, current smokers had a higher consumption of all types of alcoholic beverages than non-smokers. Similarly, obese and hypertensive subjects had a higher total alcohol consumption than non-obese or normotensive subjects, but the type of alcoholic beverages differed between countries. In Northern Ireland, subjects which reported some physical activity consumed signi®cantly less alcoholic beverages than sedentary subjects, whereas no differences were found in France. Conversely, subjects with dyslipidemia consumed more alcoholic beverages than

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Patterns of alcohol consumption in middle-aged men from France and Northern Ireland. The PRIME Study

Marques‐Vidal

Arveiler

et al. 2000

Eur J Clin Nutr

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“…In particular drinker types with a primary degree or a postgraduate degree have higher household incomes compared to those with a primary education only which is consistent with previous findings (Barrett, 2002;French & Zarkin, 1995;Heien, 1996). Heavy drinkers who have a postgraduate qualification tend to have the highest household income holding the other variables constant.…”

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“…Previous studies show a positive association between income and moderate alcohol consumption, compared with income of either non or heavy consumers of alcohol (Barrett, 2002;French & Zarkin, 1995;Hamilton & Hamilton, 1997). Other studies find that while there was a positive correlation between income and alcohol consumption, the drop in income associated with heavy consumption of alcohol compared with moderate consumption, is not found (Bastida, 2006;Zarkin et al, 1998).…”

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“…Much research has been carried out into the effect of alcohol consumption on income (Barrett, 2002;French & Zarkin, 1995;Hamilton & Hamilton, 1997;Heien, 1996), however many of the earlier studies are limited in so far as drinking status is treated exogenously (French & Zarkin, 1995;Heien, 1996); therefore, the estimated impact of alcohol consumption on earnings may reflect the reverse effect of earnings on alcohol consumption (Barrett, 2002). More recent research in this area has accounted for potential endogeneity and selection bias but this has just been done for three categories of drinkers; non-drinkers, moderate and heavy drinkers (Barrett, 2002;Hamilton & Hamilton, 1997).…”

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The effect of alcohol consumption on household income in Ireland

Ormond

Murphy

2016

Alcohol

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This paper presents a study of the effects of alcohol consumption on household income in Ireland using the Slán National Health and Lifestyle Survey 2007 dataset, accounting for endogeneity and selection bias. Drinkers are categorised into one of four categories based on the recommended weekly drinking levels by the Irish Health Promotion Unit; those who never drank, non-drinkers, moderate and heavy drinkers. A multinomial logit OLS Two Step Estimate is used to explain individual's choice of drinking status and to correct for selection bias which would result in the selection into a particular category of drinking being endogenous. Endogeneity which may arise through the simultaneity of drinking status and income either due to the reverse causation between the two variables, income affecting alcohol consumption or alcohol consumption affecting income, or due to unobserved heterogeneity, is addressed. This paper finds that the household income of drinkers is higher than that of non-drinkers and of those who never drank. There is very little difference between the household income of moderate and heavy drinkers, with heavy drinkers earning slightly more. Weekly household income for those who never drank is €454.20, non-drinkers is €506.26, compared with €683.36 per week for moderate drinkers and €694.18 for heavy drinkers

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“…It is hard to assume that such type of individual-level or family-level factors do not have direct effects on educational attainment or labor market performance. French and Zarkin (1995) argue that it is very hard to find reasonable instruments to estimate the effects of alcohol use on wages. Perhaps, the same goes for the effects of smoking.…”

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Early Smoking, Education, and Labor Market Performance

Palali

2017

De Economist

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This study investigates the effects of early smoking on educational attainment and labor market performance by using mixed ordered and mixed proportional hazard models. The results show that early smoking adversely affects educational attainment and initial labor market performance, but only for males. The probability to finish a scientific degree is 4%-point lower for an early smoker. The effect of early smoking on initial labor market performance is indirect through educational attainment. Once the indirect effect is controlled for there is no direct effect. Moreover, for males only, early smoking has a negative effect on current labor market performance even after conditioning on educational attainment. The probability to have an academic job is 4%-point lower for an early smoker. For females neither education nor labor market performance is affected by early smoking.

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Is moderate alcohol use related to wages? Evidence from four worksites

Cited by 156 publications

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Patterns of alcohol consumption in middle-aged men from France and Northern Ireland. The PRIME Study

Patterns of alcohol consumption in middle-aged men from France and Northern Ireland. The PRIME Study

The effect of alcohol consumption on household income in Ireland

Early Smoking, Education, and Labor Market Performance

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