Williams Jenny, van Ours Jan C
Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
Department of Applied Economics, IZA, Bonn, Germany.
Health Econ. 2020 Oct;29(10):1148-1160. doi: 10.1002/hec.4125. Epub 2020 Jul 13.
We study the relationship between cannabis use and early labor market experiences of young men, focusing on the time it takes them to find their first job, and the wage rate they receive at that job. We find that early cannabis users accept job offers more quickly and at a lower wage rate compared with otherwise similar males who did not use cannabis. These differences are present only for those who use cannabis for longer than a year before starting their job search. We also find that early cannabis users are less likely to return to education and, as a consequence, will have a lower educational attainment. Overall, our findings provide new insights into the direct and indirect relationships between cannabis use and early labor market experiences.
我们研究了年轻男性使用大麻与早期劳动力市场经历之间的关系，重点关注他们找到第一份工作所需的时间，以及他们在那份工作中获得的工资率。我们发现，与未使用大麻的其他类似男性相比，早期使用大麻的人接受工作机会的速度更快，且工资率更低。这些差异仅存在于那些在开始求职前使用大麻超过一年的人身上。我们还发现，早期使用大麻的人重返教育的可能性较小，因此，他们的教育程度会较低。总体而言，我们的研究结果为大麻使用与早期劳动力市场经历之间的直接和间接关系提供了新的见解。
