In public health terms, alcohol is no ordinary commodity. It accounts not only for a substantial portion of the world’s burden of disease but also for much social harm. Because of this, a majority of countries have some kind of restrictions beyond general rules for foodstuffs on alcohol’s...

Introduction: A large area of research in health economics deal with the relationship between alcohol consumption and wage. A number of studies have shown a positive wage effect of alcohol consumption, especially for low and moderate consumption levels. Several of these studies suggest that this...