The Earning Losses of Smokers

Q3 Business, Management and Accounting

IZA Journal of Labor Economics Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI:10.2478/izajole-2020-0001

Moiz Bhai

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Abstract Using within-family variation from twins and siblings, I find that smokers earn approximately 16% less than nonsmokers. Possible explanations for this earning difference are addiction-related productivity declines and earning reductions from higher health insurance costs. To investigate further, I use variation in the provision of employer-supplied health insurance (ESHI) to examine the mechanism of whether the addiction or insurance component has a larger influence on earnings. While I generally observe a larger earning penalty for smokers with ESHI than smokers without ESHI, the earning difference is statistically indistinguishable from zero.

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吸烟者的收入损失

利用双胞胎和兄弟姐妹的家庭内部差异，我发现吸烟者的收入比不吸烟者少16%左右。对这种收入差异的可能解释是，与成瘾相关的生产率下降，以及医疗保险成本上升导致的收入减少。为了进一步研究，我使用雇主提供的健康保险(ESHI)的变化来检验成瘾或保险成分对收入的影响是否更大的机制。虽然我通常观察到吸烟的吸烟者比不吸烟的吸烟者的收入损失更大，但从统计上看，收入差异几乎为零。

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IZA Journal of Labor Economics Business, Management and Accounting-Industrial Relations

CiteScore

1.40

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0.00%

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审稿时长

13 weeks

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