The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature. Positive health effects as well as networking mechanisms serve as explanations for the "alcohol-income puzzle." Using individual-based microdata from the GSOEP for 2006, we...

Die Preise alkoholischer Getränke sind in den vergangenen 40 Jahren in Deutschland relativ zum allgemeinen Preisniveau um rund 30% billiger geworden. Im europäischen Vergleich weist Deutschland besonders niedrige Steuersätze auf Alkohol auf. Michael Adams und Tobias Effertz, Universität...

This paper addresses the question of whether the effect of parental drinking on children’s later consumption of alcohol – which is frequently found to be of positive sign – exhibits a certain pattern of heterogeneity. In particular, if this effect is more prominent in the upper tail than...