为什么喝酒的人得更多? 职位特征作为可能的链接
1Department of Economics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Health economics
|February 5, 2024
概括
一个"饮酒溢价"将酒精消费与更高的收入联系在一起,但这项研究显示,职业起着关键作用. 控制职位特征会降低这一溢价,尤其对女性来说.
科学领域:
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 观察到酒精消费与收入之间的反向U形关系,称为"饮酒溢价".
- 这种溢价的原因受到争议,选择效应经常被引用而不是因果关系.
- 以前的研究表明,职业可能会影响这种现象.
研究的目的:
- 调查职业特征在酒精消费与收入关系中的作用.
- 量化工作因素在多大程度上解释了"饮酒溢价".
主要方法:
- 利用了2015-16年加拿大社区健康调查 (CCHS) 的数据.
- 分析了25-64岁的健康的全职雇员或自雇人士的样本.
- 将受访者的工作信息与职位特征数据集联系起来.
主要成果:
- 证实了饮酒溢价的存在,与增加的酒精消费相关的更高收入.
- 对工作特征进行控制,总体而言,饮酒溢价减少了大约30%.
- 饮料溢价的降低对女性工人来说更为明显,高达50%.
结论:
- 职业因素对观察到的"饮料溢价"有显著的贡献.
- 酒精消费与收入之间的联系部分可以通过个人所拥有的工作类型来解释.
- 研究结果表明,工作特征调解了饮酒与收入之间的关系,尤其对女性来说.
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