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Illicit drug use and labor market achievement: evidence from the UK
(Usage de drogues illicites et insertion dans le monde du travail : constats au Royaume-Uni.)
Auteur(s) :
MACDONALD, Z. ;
PUDNEY, S.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
1655-1668
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0003-6846
Refs biblio. :
21
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
EMPLOI
;
CHOMAGE
;
FORMATION
;
INSERTION
;
TRAJECTOIRE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
SEXE FEMININ
;
SEXE MASCULIN
;
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Note générale :
Applied Economics, 2001, 33, 1655-1668
Résumé :
This study, using data from the British Crime Survey (BCS), examines the effect of drug use on occupational achievement. It starts by attempting to overcome the identification 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, that a mild positive association with 'soft' drugs and occupational achievement is observed that diminishes with age. This relationship holds for males but not for females. In contrast, it is also found that past use of 'hard' drugs significantly increases the likelihood of current unemployment, although it appears to be unrelated to occupational success, conditional on achieving employment. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Public Sector Economics Res. Ctr, Dept Economics, Univ. Leicester, Liecester, LE1 7RH
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.