Binge drinking and labor market success: A longitudinal study on young people

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 303-322

  Keng, Shao Hsun ^a   Huffman, Wallace E ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge drinking; Earnings; Health; Labor productivity; Panel data; Rational addiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450284401     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0053-8     Document Type: Article

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