Road to perdition? The effect of illicit drug use on labour market outcomes of prime-age men in Mexico.

Antón, José-Ignacio; Ponce, Juan; Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael

Antón, José-Ignacio; Ponce, Juan; Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael.

Afiliação

Antón JI; University of Salamanca, Spain. Electronic address: janton@usal.es.
Ponce J; FLACSO Ecuador, Ecuador.
Muñoz de Bustillo R; University of Salamanca, Spain.

Econ Hum Biol ; 55: 101415, 2024 Aug 02.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39142004

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

This research addresses the impact of illicit drug use on labour market outcomes of men in Mexico. We leverage statistical information from three waves of a comparable national survey and make use of the Lewbel's heteroskedasticity-based instrumental variable strategy to deal with the endogeneity of the drug consumption. Our results suggests that drug consumption has fairly negative effects in the Mexican context it reduces employment, occupational attainment and formality and raises unemployment of local males. These effects seem larger than those estimated for high-income economies.

Palavras-chave

Drugs; Employment; Formality; Labour market; Mexico; Unemployment

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE País/Região como assunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Econ Hum Biol Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA / CIENCIAS SOCIAIS Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Holanda

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