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JSM 2002 Abstract #300657
Activity Number: 148
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 12, 2002 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section*
Abstract - #300657
Title: Impact of Alcohol Abuse and Dependence on Wages
Author(s): Richard Bryant*+ and V. Samaranayake and Kenneth Sher
Affiliation(s): University of Missouri, Rolla and University of Missouri, Rolla and University of Missouri, Columbia
Address: Harris Hall, Rolla, Missouri, 65409,
Keywords: Labor Productivity ; Substance Abuse ; Substance Dedendence ; Wages
Abstract:

A cross-sectional analysis was carried out to determine the impact of alcohol abuse and dependence on the wages of a cohort of individuals who entered a major university in 1987. The alcohol abuse and dependence indicators were obtained over six waves starting in 1987 and continuing to 1998-1999. These indicators reflect clinical diagnosis based on the responses to a series of structured interview questions, which adheres to the guidelines in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd edition. This is in contrast to other studies that employ arbitrary "use thresholds" to characterize alcohol abuse. In addition, dependence requires evidence of physical dependence. Current wages, namely those reported in wave six, were modeled as a function of standard wage determining characteristics, such as educational attainment, gender, marital status and industry. In addition, several measures of current and past alcohol abuse and dependency were constructed and introduced one at a time into the model. Results show that while measures of alcohol abuse show no significant impact on wages, some measures of alcohol dependence are associated with a negative impact.

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