@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp473, author={Ours, Jan C. van}, title={A pint a day raises a man's pay; but smoking blows that gain away}, year={2002}, month={Apr}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={473}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp473}, abstract={This paper studies the wage effects of the use of alcohol and tobacco. The analysis based on a recent survey in the Netherlands shows that for males the use of tobacco has a negative wage effect of about 10% while the use of alcohol has a positive wage effect of about the same size. The wages of females are not affected by smoking and drinking.}, keywords={smoking;drinking;earnings regressions;wages}, }