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Title: Determinants of Drug and Alcohol Use at Work: A Test of the Efficiency Wage Theory
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1. Garcia, Federico
Determinants of Drug and Alcohol Use at Work: A Test of the Efficiency Wage Theory
Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Albany, 1993
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Absenteeism; Alcohol Use; Drug Use; Illegal Activities; Training; Work Reentry

Use of alcohol and illicit drugs at work costs American business and industry billions of dollars each year in productivity losses. These losses result from work errors, wasted materials and supplies, as well as tardiness and "on-the-job absenteeism". They also result from the poor decision making at all levels of management. These productivity losses are compounded by the increased re-hiring and training costs. Browne Miller (1991) classifies the effects of employee drug use on productivity in three: (1) Poor job performance. (2) Increased absenteeism. (3) Poor interpersonal relationships on the job. In this paper I will analyze the determinants of the use of illicit drugs and alcohol at work. I use a sample of youth cohort drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) of the Work Experience of Youth in the year 1984.
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Garcia, Federico. Determinants of Drug and Alcohol Use at Work: A Test of the Efficiency Wage Theory. Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Albany, 1993.