TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kaestner,Robert
TI  - The Effect of Illicit Drug Use on the Labor Supply of Young Adults
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4187
PY  - 1992
Y2  - October 1992
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4187
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4187.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Robert Kaestner
Institute of Government and Public Affairs
University of Illinois
815 West Van Buren Street, Suite 525
Chicago, IL  60607
Tel: 312/996-8227
E-Mail: kaestner.robert@gmail.com
AB  - This paper analyzes the effects of illicit drug use on the labor supply of a sample of young adults using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The paper investigates whether the frequency and timing of marijuana and cocaine use are systematically related to labor supply. and presents both cross sectional and longitudinal estimates. The cross sectional results are consistent with those of previous researchers. and suggest that illicit drug use has large, negative effects on labor supply. The longitudinal results. however, suggest that illicit drug use does not have a significant adverse impact on labor supply.
ER  -