Abstinence, Excess, Success?: Alcohol, Cigarettes, Wedlock and Earnings
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The effects of smoking, drinking and marriage on individuals’ earnings are estimated for the UK labour force for 1974, 1984 and 1994. Smokers are found to incur a wage discount; drinkers a wage premium and married individuals a wage premium with a discount for the first child. Such results are interesting given numerous governments’ policy interests in the activities of smoothing, drinking and the institution of marriage.
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Cameron, S., & Ward, D. (2000). Abstinence, Excess, Success?: Alcohol, Cigarettes, Wedlock and Earnings. Economic Issues, 5(2), 37–52. Retrieved from http://www.economicissues.org.uk/index.php/EI_OJS/article/view/67
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