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Wage Effects of Drinking and Smoking: An analysis using Australian twins data

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  • Y.L. Lee, 1999. "Wage Effects of Drinking and Smoking: An analysis using Australian twins data," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 99-22, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
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    2. Anger, Silke & Kvasnicka, Michael, 2006. "Biases in estimates of the smoking wage penalty," SFB 649 Discussion Papers 2006-089, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk.
    3. Palali, Ali, 2015. "Early Smoking, Education, and Labor Market Performance," Discussion Paper 2015-033, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
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    5. Silke Anger & Michael Kvasnicka, 2006. "Biases in Estimates of the Smoking Wage Penalty," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 654, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    6. F. Brune, Lasse, 2007. "The smoker’s wage penalty puzzle: evidence from Britain," ISER Working Paper Series 2007-31, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
    7. van Ours, Jan C., 2002. "A pint a day raises a man's pay; but smoking blows that gain away," IZA Discussion Papers 473, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    9. Ali Palali, 2017. "Early Smoking, Education, and Labor Market Performance," De Economist, Springer, vol. 165(3), pages 225-270, September.
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