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deregulation. Road driver output is individualized, and pay is on the basis of a piece rate (mileage). However, road drivers work … companies paid more than those for TL companies, but in LTL the union earnings premium was maintained following deregulation and …
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primary basis for continued efforts to restrict youth access to alcohol. It is important to keep in mind, though, that … policymakers have a wide variety of alcohol-control options available to them, and understanding how these policies may complement … alcohol has effects on motor vehicle accidents of any type in New South Wales, despite having large effects on drinking and on …
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In this study we provide evidence on the effect of alcohol consumption on occupational attainment in England. To do … endogenous nature of alcohol consumption, OLS estimates may provide a biased picture of the impact of alcohol consumption on …
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I consider the alcohol consumption of opposite-gender peers as explanatory to adolescent sexual intercourse and … demonstrate that female sexual activity is higher where there is higher alcohol consumption among male peers. This relationship is … groups, and is distinctly different from any influence of the alcohol consumption of female peers which is shown to have no …
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We consider the effect of legal access to alcohol, which is known to increase drinking behavior, on academic …
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This paper examines the effects of alcohol consumption on employment and wages for males and females in Russia. Both … results from the models that do not control for unobserved heterogeneity indicate that alcohol consumption has a positive … impact on employment and wages. Further, there is some evidence in favor of an inverse U-shaped relationship between alcohol …
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associated with a nearly 9 percent decrease in traffic fatalities, most likely to due to its impact on alcohol consumption. Our … estimates provide strong evidence that marijuana and alcohol are substitutes. …
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Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in...
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In this paper we describe the hypothesis of effort-based career opportunities as a situation in which profit maximizing firms create incentives for employees to work longer hours than the bargained ones, by making career prospects dependent on working hours. When effortbased career opportunities...
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France has experienced massive changes in its regulation of working time during the last decade. These changes generate … creation or productivity, labor relations or adaptation of firms to regulation. This paper provides a primer for researchers …
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