EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBSTANCE AND EMPLOYMENT: A STRUCTURAL APPROACH

虽然单独使用烟酒可能会对使用者的劳动力市场结果产生不同的影响，但目前尚不清楚两者的联合使用如何影响使用者的劳动力市场结果。本研究项目利用经济学理论和全国青年纵向调查97(NLSY-97)的数据，一方面调查烟酒使用与就业之间的关系。研究人员认为，虽然适度饮酒可能会通过增加社交活动对劳动力市场产生积极影响，但大量饮酒可能会产生很大的负面影响。此外，酒精和烟草的相互作用可能会产生积极或消极的影响，具体取决于个人。研究人员使用NLSY-79的数据测试了这一理论。除了更好地了解物质使用对就业和其他劳动力市场结果的影响外，它还提供了对物质使用政策意外后果的衡量。该研究项目的结果将为制定和实施更好的物质使用政策提供投入，从而改善美国公民的福祉。这项拟议的研究项目将使用结构模型和来自NLSY-97的数据来调查物质使用对劳动力市场结果的影响。该项目开发并应用了一种方法，分别解释中度和重度饮酒和吸烟对就业的影响程度，占非全职和全职就业的比例。该模型表明，适度饮酒可能会对劳动力市场产生有益的影响。考虑物质使用对劳动力市场结果的影响中的异质性和非线性是对迄今假定为线性关系的文献的创新。该模型将使用NLSY-97的数据进行估计。鉴于烟酒管制政策侧重于减少使用，这些政策可能是次优的。这项研究还将进行政策反事实，使用可能通过适度使用物质创造社会资本的政策。拟议的研究议程还包括大量的本科生和研究生教育，包括开发危险行为经济学系列研讨会。该研究项目的结果将为制定和实施更好的物质使用政策提供投入，从而改善美国公民的福祉。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

While alcohol and tobacco used independently may have different effects on labor market outcomes of users, it is not clear how the combined use of both affects labor market outcomes of users. This research project uses economic theory and data from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 97 (NLSY-97) to investigate the relationships among alcohol and tobacco use on the one hand and employment on the other. The researcher argues that while moderate alcohol use may have a positive labor market effect through increase social interaction, heavy alcohol use may have large negative effects. Moreover, the interaction of alcohol and tobacco use may have effects that may be either positive or negative depending on the individual. The researcher tests this theory using data from the NLSY-79. Apart from providing a better understanding of the effects of substance use on employment and other labor market outcomes, it also provides a measurement of the unintended consequences of substance use policies. The results of the research project will provide inputs into crafting and implementing better substance use policies, thus improving the wellbeing of US citizens. This proposed research project will use structural modelling and data from NLSY-97 to investigate the effects of substance use on labor market outcomes. The project develops and applies a methodology to separately explain the extent to which moderate versus heavy alcohol and tobacco use affect employment, accounting for part-time and full-time employment. The model suggests that moderate use of alcohol may have beneficial labor market effects. Accounting for heterogeneity and non-linearities in the effects of substance use on labor market outcomes is an innovation to the literature that has so far assumed a linear relationship. The model will be estimated with data from NLSY-97. Given that alcohol and tobacco regulation policies focus on decrease use, it is possible that these policies may be suboptimal. The research will also conduct policy counterfactuals use polices that may create social capital through moderate substance use. The proposed research agenda also include a large dose of undergraduate and graduate education, including developing a workshop series in the Economics of Risky Behaviors. The results of the research project will provide inputs into crafting and implementing better substance use policies, thus improving the wellbeing of US citizens.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.