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[Battle_Pope]

Alcohol use helps boost income: study

Thu Sep 14, 6:44 AM ET

People who consume alcohol earn significantly more at their jobs than non-drinkers, according to a US study that highlighted "social capital" gained from drinking.

The study published in the Journal of Labor Research Thursday concluded that drinkers earn 10 to 14 percent more than teetotalers, and that men who drink socially bring home an additional seven percent in pay.

"Social drinking builds social capital," said Edward Stringham, an economics professor at San Jose State University and co-author of the study with fellow researcher Bethany Peters.

"Social drinkers are out networking, building relationships, and adding contacts to their BlackBerries that result in bigger paychecks."

The authors acknowledged their study, funded by the Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank, contradicted research released in 2000 by the Harvard School of Public Health.

"We created our hypothesis through casual observation and examination of scholarly accounts," the authors said.

"Drinkers typically tend to be more social than abstainers."

The researchers said their empirical survey backed up the theory, and said the most likely explanation is that drinkers have a wider range of social contacts that help provide better job and business opportunities.

"Drinkers may be able to socialize more with clients and co-workers, giving drinkers an advantage in important relationships," the researchers said.

"Drinking may also provide individuals with opportunities to learn people, business, and social skills."

They also said these conclusions provide arguments against policies aimed at curbing alcohol use on university campuses and public venues.

"Not only do anti-alcohol policies reduce drinkers' fun, but they may also decrease earnings," the study said.

"One of the unintended consequences of alcohol restrictions is that they push drinking into private settings. This occurred during the Alcohol Prohibition of 1920-1933 and is happening on college campuses today. By preventing people from drinking in public, anti-alcohol policies eliminate one of the most important aspects of drinking: increased social capital."

The researchers found some differences in the economic effects of drinking among men and women. They concluded that men who drink earn 10 percent more than abstainers and women drinkers earn 14 percent more than non-drinkers.

However, unlike men, who get a seven percent income boost from drinking in bars, women who frequent bars at least once per month do not show higher earnings than women drinkers who do not visit bars.

"Perhaps women increase social capital apart from drinking in bars," the researchers said in an effort to explain the gender gap.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060914/hl_af...lehealthalcohol

[darkon]

Truly the most important news story of the century.

[Wind]

it is also shown in highschool and college, people who drink are on a different social level than those who do not.

[Poophy]

I’ll drink to that!

[Tanni Foemangler]

this is the best news i've heard since ejaculation began preventing prostate cancer. if i play my cards right, i can become more successful AND have less cancer tonight

[FaultyClockwork]

it is also shown in highschool and college, people who drink are on a different social level than those who do not.

Drinking on highschool = social level of stupidity.

Apparently more introverts abstain? This seems to have nothing to do with alcohol and more to do with the kind of people who drink.

[Wind]

The people who think that are also the kids who have very little friends, and that I like to call faggots in the hallway.

[FaultyClockwork]

No comment. :biggrin:

[Artie]

The people who think that are also the kids who have very little friends, and that I like to call faggots in the hallway.

uhh...what? am I just retarded or does that just make no sence. proly the first choice. but uhh about this whole drinking thing...i never drank, probably never will in highschool. collage? probably.

[FaultyClockwork]

I chew tobacco though. -_-

[darkon]

I like talking dirty, I smoke, and I drink.

[Battle_Pope]

I chew tobacco though. -_-

tobacco chewing is so nasty. i'd rather chew on a cigarette, but it's been almost a month since i've had my last cigarette, and i'd rather keep it that way.

[Tanni Foemangler]

tobacco is so nasty. the reek of people dipping makes me want to barf

[stranger]

eww.. chewing tobacco is probably the worst thing you could do, worse than shooting heroin (which is really metal btw)

i don't smoke (minus hookah, does that count?).. but drink a biiiit too much... some would say

[darkon]

They don't even sell chewing tobacco over here from my investigations Burb. Oh but they do sell cigarettes, plenty of cigarettes.

I roll my own, much cheaper and less unhealthy.

And there is never such a thing as drinking too much.

[stranger]

And there is never such a thing as drinking too much.

high -mothafuckin- five!

[FaultyClockwork]

I actually don't chew tobacco. Thank you for the responses though. :buki:

[darkon]

I thought that was pretty random.

Usually you smoke if you chew tobacco as the tobacco is cheaper to smoke than the chew.

[Battle_Pope]

I actually don't chew tobacco. Thank you for the responses though.

but chewing tobacco is so metal you have no idea.