Buchmueller T C, Zuvekas S H
Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine 92697-3125, USA.
Health Econ. 1998 May;7(3):229-45. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(199805)7:3<229::aid-hec315>3.0.co;2-r.
This paper examines the relationship between illicit drug use and labour market success, and in doing so addresses two shortcomings of the previous literature. First, unlike many previous analyses, ours accounts for differences in intensity of use using clinically based diagnostic measures. Second, while recent studies focus only on young adults, we analyze a prime-age (30-45-year-olds) sample as well. Our results indicate that these differences are important. Similar to previous studies, we find evidence of a positive relationship between drug use and income for young workers. However, we also find some evidence of lower incomes for young workers reporting daily use of illicit drugs. For prime-age men, we find strong evidence that problematic drug use (as indicated by either a diagnosis of pathological use or dependence or by daily use) is negatively related to income. We also find a negative relationship between problematic use and employment among prime-age, but not younger, men.
本文考察了非法药物使用与劳动力市场成就之间的关系，并在此过程中弥补了以往文献的两个不足。其一，与许多先前的分析不同，我们的研究使用基于临床的诊断方法来考量使用强度的差异。其二，虽然近期研究仅聚焦于年轻人，但我们还分析了青壮年（30至45岁）样本。我们的结果表明，这些差异很重要。与先前研究类似，我们发现年轻劳动者中药物使用与收入之间存在正相关的证据。然而，我们也发现一些证据表明，报告每日使用非法药物的年轻劳动者收入较低。对于青壮年男性，我们发现有力证据表明，有问题的药物使用（无论是病理性使用或成瘾的诊断，还是每日使用所表明的）与收入呈负相关。我们还发现，在青壮年男性而非年轻男性中，有问题的使用与就业之间存在负相关。
