TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mullahy,John
AU  - Sindelar,Jody L.
TI  - Alcoholism, Work, and Income Over the Life Cycle
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 3909
PY  - 1994
Y2  - February 1994
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w3909
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w3909.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
John Mullahy
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dept. of Population Health Sciences
787 WARF, 610 N. Walnut Street
Madison, WI 53726
Tel: 608/265-5410
Fax: 608/263-2820
E-Mail: jmullahy@facstaff.wisc.edu

Jody L. Sindelar
Yale School of Public Health
Yale University School of Medicine
60 College Street, P.O. Box 208034
New Haven, CT 06520-8034
Tel: 203/785-5287
Fax: 203/785-6287
E-Mail: jody.sindelar@yale.edu
AB  - We find that alcoholism decreases labor force participation among prime age males, and therefore decreases the income of this group. The effects of alcoholism on the labor force participation of younger and older males and on the wage rates of prime age males are not significantly positive. We also find that alcoholism affects income indirectly through its effects on individual characteristics such as schooling and marital status, as well as directly through labor force participation rates after controlling for these indirect effects.
ER  -