Illicit drug use, unemployment, and occupational attainment

In this paper, we use data from the British Crime Survey (BCS) to examine the effect of illicit drug use on labour market outcomes. We find very little evidence to support any relationship between drug use, hard or soft, and occupational attainment. However, we find compelling evidence to suggest th...

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Published inJournal of health economics Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 1089 - 1115
Main Authors MacDonald, Ziggy, Pudney, Stephen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.11.2000
Elsevier
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
SeriesJournal of Health Economics
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Alcohol
Cocaine
Crime
Drug abuse
Drug use
Female
Gender
Health care
Health economics
Humans
Illicit drugs
Labour market
Labour market participation
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Statistical
Occupational attainment
Occupational status
Occupations
Opiates
Statistical analysis
Studies
Substance abuse
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Unemployment
Unemployment - statistics & numerical data
United Kingdom
United Kingdom - epidemiology
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
Illicit drugs
Occupational attainment
I12
Labour market participation
J24
C51
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Summary:In this paper, we use data from the British Crime Survey (BCS) to examine the effect of illicit drug use on labour market outcomes. We find very little evidence to support any relationship between drug use, hard or soft, and occupational attainment. However, we find compelling evidence to suggest that drug use, particularly the use of opiates, cocaine and crack cocaine, is associated with an increased risk of unemployment, regardless of age or gender.
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ISSN:0167-6296
1879-1646
DOI:10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00056-4