期刊名称：Discussion Papers / University of Leicester, Department of Economics
出版年度：1998
出版社：Leicester
摘要：This study, using data from the British Crime Survey (BCS), examines the e¤ect of drug use on occupational achievement. We start by attempting to overcome the identi…cation problem that results from the limited set of drug use questions presented in the BCS. Taking this into account, and allowing for the endogeneity of drug use in equations for unemployment and labour market outcomes, we observe quite different relationships for “soft” and “hard” drug use. For soft drugs, there is a positive association with occupational achievement that diminishes with age. This relationship also holds for males but not for females. In contrast, we also …nd that past use of hard drugs signi…- cantly increases the likelihood of current unemployment, although it appears to be unrelated to occupational success, conditional on achieving employment.
关键词：Illicit drugs; labour market participation; Productivity
