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Symptoms Of Dependence, Multiple Substance Use, And Labor Market Outcomes, Michael T. French, Michael L. Dennis, Jeremy W. Bray, Gary A. Zarkin
Symptoms Of Dependence, Multiple Substance Use, And Labor Market Outcomes, Michael T. French, Michael L. Dennis, Jeremy W. Bray, Gary A. Zarkin
Michael T. French
The prevalence and costs of alcohol and drug disorders pose a serious social concern for policymakers. In this paper, we use data from the National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) to estimate simple descriptive statistics and analysis of variance (ANOVA) models of the relationship between symptoms of dependence and labor market outcomes for alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, and other illicit drugs. For men, we find that substance use with symptoms of dependence is associated with both lower employment rates and fewer hours of work. For women, we find that substance use with symptoms of dependence is associated with lower employment …