ALCOHOLISM, WORK, AND INCOME

This article reports on an empirical analysis of the relationships bet ween alcoholism and income and working. We show that the relationships between alcoholism and labor market success have important age or lif e-cycle dimensions. We present evidence that alcoholism may affect inc ome more by restricting labor market participation than by affecting t he wages of workers. Finally, we demonstrate that the effects of alcoh olism on earnings depend on the extent to which one controls for other covariates associated with alcoholism; as such, we suggest that there may be important indirect as well as direct effects of alcoholism on labor market success.