More often than not, the undoubtedly close association between health and education is
interpreted or even shown to represent a causal effect running from education to health …

The aim of this paper is to identify positive psychological concomitants of moderate alcohol
consumption. Current research and public-health perspectives on alcohol emphasize harms …

In health economics applications involving outcomes (y) and covariates (x), it is often the
case that the central inferential problems of interest involve E [y| x] and its associated partial …

Analyzing data on 2,225 men and 2,401 women from the National Comorbidity Survey, the
authors examine the impact of psychiatric disorders on employment and, among those …

This microeconometric study analyzes the effects of individual leisure sports participation on
long-term labour market variables, health and subjective well-being indicators for West …

The misuse of alcohol is estimated to result in enormous economic costs, composed largely
of reduced labor market productivity. However, there has been debate on this issue. The …

Individuals can react to financial stress in a variety of ways, such as reducing discretionary
spending or engaging in risky behaviors. This article investigates the effect of changing …

In an effort to increase understanding of the “alcohol/income puzzle”—the finding that
drinking appears to lead to higher income—this paper presents maximum simulated …

We examine the effect of prescription opioids on county labor market outcomes, using data
from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs of ten US states and labor data from the …

Economic research has contributed to the evaluation of alcohol policy through empirical
analysis of the effects of alcohol-control measures on alcohol consumption and its …