No Booze? You May Lose: Why Drinkers Earn More Money than Nondrinkers

The authors suggest that people who drink alcohol have more/better social capital (i.e. social characteristics that include charisma, skills, Rolodex watch size), which enhances social networking and leads to earning more money at their jobs. They compare self reports of drinkers, abstainers, bar hopping drinkers and bar hopping abstainers and find that drinkers have a higher income than the other three categories examined.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.reason.org/pb44.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Reason Foundation

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• Authors:
  • Peters, Bethany L
  • Stringham, Edward P
• Publication Date: 2006-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Drinking establishments; Earnings; Economic impacts; Income; Jobs; Social benefits; Social factors; Social impacts; Social media
• Uncontrolled Terms: Self reports; Social capital; Social skills
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01042474
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Policy Brief 44
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 2007 8:38AM