Does illicit drug use affect labor market outcomes? Evidence from a developing country
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2017
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Universidad EAFIT
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Illicit drug use is often related to several problems for individuals who participate on the labor market due to decreasing productivity, absenteeism, increasing crime and health consequences -- This study analyzes the relationship between substance use and labor market outcomes using econometric methods to address the potential endogeneity problem -- We use a large data set for Medellin, Colombia, to find the causal effect of drug use on labor supply and labor force participation -- According to most existing research, we found that drug use affects negatively the probability of being employed and the probability of participate in the labor force