Cameron, Sam; Ward, Damian - In: Economic Issues Journal Articles 5 (2000) 2, pp. 37-52
The effects of smoking, drinking and marriage on individuals? earnings are estimated for the UK labour force for 1974, 1984 and 1994. Smokers are found to incur a wage discount; drinkers a wage premium and married individuals a wage premium with a discount for the first child. Such results are...