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The Effects of Cannabis Use on Wages of Prime‐age Males *
Author(s) -
Van Ours Jan C.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
oxford bulletin of economics and statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.131
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0084
pISSN - 0305-9049
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00480.x
Subject(s) - cannabis , wage , economics , prime (order theory) , demographic economics , demography , psychology , labour economics , sociology , psychiatry , mathematics , combinatorics
This paper uses a data set collected among inhabitants of Amsterdam, to study whether wages of prime‐age male workers are affected by cannabis use. The analysis shows that recent cannabis use has a negative effect on wages. The size of the wage effect depends on the age of onset. The earlier the start of cannabis use the larger the negative wage impact.