Minimum wages and alcohol consumption: Evidence from Canadian longitudinal microdata

Yihong Bai and Michael Veall

Economics & Human Biology, 2025, vol. 56, issue C

Abstract: The objective is to estimate the effect of provincial minimum wage increases in Canada on heavy drinking, binge drinking and average daily alcohol consumption.

Keywords: Interjurisdictional variation in minimum wages and health; Heavy drinking and stress; Average daily alcohol consumption; Longitudinal analysis with individual fixed effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101464

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