The economic costs of alcohol-related absenteeism and reduced productivity among the working population of New Zealand

Jones, Sheilla; Casswell, Sally; ZHANG, JIA-FANG

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1995.tb02807.x

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“…In the absence of any recent research an estimate of 25% reduction in working efficiency (US General Accounting Office, 1970) has been used. This is the figure also used by Chetwynd & Rayner (1985) and Jones, Casswell & Zhang (1995). The number of alcohol abusers and their employment rates were used to determine the numbers in paid employment.…”

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The social costs of alcohol abuse in New Zealand

1997

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The social costs of alcohol abuse in New Zealand

1997

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“…There are two primary mechanisms through which (misuse of) alcohol may lead to undesirable labor market outcomes (e.g. Jones et al, 1995). First, it leads to increased absenteeism from work in the short run and to health problems in the long run.…”

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Alcohol Consumption and Long‐Term Labor Market Outcomes

2015

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This paper examines whether alcohol consumption is related to long-term labor market outcomes. We use twin data for Finnish men and women matched to register-based individual information on employment and earnings. The twin data allow us to account for the shared environmental and genetic factors. The quantity of alcohol consumption was measured by weekly average consumption using self-reported data from three surveys (1975, 1981 and 1990). The average of an individual's employment months and earnings were measured in adulthood over the period 1990-2009. The models that account for the shared environmental and genetic factors reveal that former drinkers and heavy drinkers both have almost 20%lower earnings compared to moderate drinkers. On average, former drinkers work annually c.1 month less over the 20-year observation period. These associations are robust to the use of covariates, such as education, pre-existing health endowment and smoking.

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“…Excessive consumption may reduce productivity in the workplace through complex mechanisms affecting cognitive, cardiac, and liver functioning (Heien 1996;Jones, Casswell, and Zhang 1995;Mullahy and Sindelar 1996;Harwood, Fountain, and Livermore 1998). High rates of use not only may directly affect a person's capacity to perform some tasks but also may exacerbate other underlying deficiencies (e.g., a learning disability) or make employers less willing to accommodate an employee's alcohol-and nonalcohol-related disability.…”

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Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Disability among the Near Elderly: A Longitudinal Analysis

Ostermann

Sloan

2001

Milbank Quarterly

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Data from four waves of the Health and Retirement Study are used to analyze the effects of alcohol use on disability, mortality, and income transfers from public programs. Cross‐sectional analysis reveals a complex relationship, with a history of problem drinking clearly leading to higher rates of limitations, and a nonmonotonic relationship between current drinking and disability. In longitudinal analysis, problem drinking was predictive of disability onset, but not of transfer receipt or mortality. Heavy drinkers and problem drinkers, if anything, were less likely to receive public income support than abstainers or moderate drinkers. The likelihood that heavy drinkers received public transfers did not decrease relative to others following statutory changes in 1996 that sought to limit eligibility of alcoholics and drug abusers.

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The economic costs of alcohol-related absenteeism and reduced productivity among the working population of New Zealand

Cited by 65 publications

References 7 publications

The social costs of alcohol abuse in New Zealand

The social costs of alcohol abuse in New Zealand

Alcohol Consumption and Long‐Term Labor Market Outcomes

Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Disability among the Near Elderly: A Longitudinal Analysis

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