The wage penalty of smoking in Brazil: evidence from the Special Survey on Tobacco Addiction
The aim of this study is to investigate the hypothesis that smoking reduces earnings. We use data from the Special Survey on Tobacco Addiction, which was jointly carried out with the 2008 Brazilian National Household Sample Survey. Our results support the hypothesis that smoking reduces wages. Furth...
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| author | Marcelo Justus Elder Sant'Anna Eloá Sales Davanzo Gustavo Carvalho Moreira |
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| description | The aim of this study is to investigate the hypothesis that smoking reduces earnings. We use data from the Special Survey on Tobacco Addiction, which was jointly carried out with the 2008 Brazilian National Household Sample Survey. Our results support the hypothesis that smoking reduces wages. Furthermore, we found that about two-thirds of wage differential between male smokers and non-smokers is due to observable characteristics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-43411cfd83da472ba1b658e3c538ed4d2022-12-22T00:10:53ZporUniversidade de São PauloEconomia Aplicada1413-80501980-53302020-05-0123210.11606/1980-5330/ea142568The wage penalty of smoking in Brazil: evidence from the Special Survey on Tobacco AddictionMarcelo Justus0Elder Sant'Anna1Eloá Sales Davanzo2Gustavo Carvalho Moreira3University of CampinasESALQ/USPUniversity of CampinasUniversity of São CarlosThe aim of this study is to investigate the hypothesis that smoking reduces earnings. We use data from the Special Survey on Tobacco Addiction, which was jointly carried out with the 2008 Brazilian National Household Sample Survey. Our results support the hypothesis that smoking reduces wages. Furthermore, we found that about two-thirds of wage differential between male smokers and non-smokers is due to observable characteristics.http://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/142568smokingdiscriminationhuman capitaltobacco |
| spellingShingle | Marcelo Justus Elder Sant'Anna Eloá Sales Davanzo Gustavo Carvalho Moreira The wage penalty of smoking in Brazil: evidence from the Special Survey on Tobacco Addiction Economia Aplicada smoking discrimination human capital tobacco |
| title | The wage penalty of smoking in Brazil: evidence from the Special Survey on Tobacco Addiction |
| title_full | The wage penalty of smoking in Brazil: evidence from the Special Survey on Tobacco Addiction |
| title_fullStr | The wage penalty of smoking in Brazil: evidence from the Special Survey on Tobacco Addiction |
| title_full_unstemmed | The wage penalty of smoking in Brazil: evidence from the Special Survey on Tobacco Addiction |
| title_short | The wage penalty of smoking in Brazil: evidence from the Special Survey on Tobacco Addiction |
| title_sort | wage penalty of smoking in brazil evidence from the special survey on tobacco addiction |
| topic | smoking discrimination human capital tobacco |
| url | http://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/142568 |
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