Mullahy J, Sindelar J
Inquiry. 1989 Summer;26(2):272-82.
In this article we examine the life-cycle effects of alcoholism on human capital formation and labor market outcomes. We attempt empirically to unravel some of the complicated structural relationships among family background, educational attainment, labor force participation, earnings, and current as well as past alcoholism. Access to a new data set allows us to study some of these relationships. The Epidemiological Catchment Area data set contains not only the standard socioeconomic and demographic variables but also information on family background and age of onset of symptoms and current alcoholism. Thus, when estimating models of occupational choice and earnings, we can assess both the indirect and the direct effects of alcoholism. We find that early onset of alcoholism significantly retards educational attainment.
在本文中，我们研究了酗酒对人力资本形成和劳动力市场结果的生命周期影响。我们试图通过实证来揭示家庭背景、教育程度、劳动力参与、收入以及当前和过去酗酒之间的一些复杂结构关系。获取一个新的数据集使我们能够研究其中的一些关系。流行病学集水区数据集不仅包含标准的社会经济和人口变量，还包含有关家庭背景以及症状发作年龄和当前酗酒情况的信息。因此，在估计职业选择和收入模型时，我们可以评估酗酒的间接影响和直接影响。我们发现，酗酒的早发会显著阻碍教育程度的提高。
