Levine, Phillip B. <br/><br/>
More Bad News for Smokers? The Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Labor    Market Outcomes / 
Phillip B. Levine, Tara A. Gustafson, Ann D. Velenchik. 
 - Cambridge, Mass.  National Bureau of Economic Research  1995. 
 - 1 online resource:  illustrations (black and white); 
 - NBER working paper series  no. w5270 .
 - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)  no. w5270. .
<br/><br/> September 1995. 
<br/><br/> This paper uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine the effect of smoking on wages and employment.  The panel nature and household structure of these data enable us to implement methods to account for differences in observed and unobserved individual characteristics that may be correlated with both smoking and wages.  Changes in wages associated with changes in smoking behavior and models that utilize sibling comparisons are estimated to address the potential heterogeneity problem.  Estimates from alternative specifications all indicate that smoking reduces wages by roughly 4-8%.  No robust, statistically significant effect on employment is observed. 
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