More Bad News for Smokers? The Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Labor Market Outcomes / Phillip B. Levine, Tara A. Gustafson, Ann D. Velenchik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Phillip B.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Gustafson, Tara A.

Velenchik, Ann D.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w5270.

NBER working paper series no. w5270

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cigarette smokers.

Local officials and employees--Pensions.

Local officials and employees.

Cigarette smokers--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1995.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1995.

Summary:

This paper uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine the effect of smoking on wages and employment. The panel nature and household structure of these data enable us to implement methods to account for differences in observed and unobserved individual characteristics that may be correlated with both smoking and wages. Changes in wages associated with changes in smoking behavior and models that utilize sibling comparisons are estimated to address the potential heterogeneity problem. Estimates from alternative specifications all indicate that smoking reduces wages by roughly 4-8%. No robust, statistically significant effect on employment is observed.

Notes:

Print version record

September 1995.