Risky Behaviors
This organized session on Risky Behaviors is composed of three presenters and three discussants. Although Risky behaviors is the common theme, each of the papers has a different perspective on this topic, including alcohol use, tattooing, and smoking. The first paper, presented by Professor Andrew Barnes, analyzes data from the Mid-Atlantic Twins Registry to shed new light on the relationships between alcohol use and earnings. The second paper also uses labor market earnings at the outcome variable, but with a much different risky behavior. Namely, Professor Michael French will present some of the first results on the relationships between tattoo status and earning in the U.S. and Australia. The final paper will be presented by Professor Michael Pesko. Dr. Pesko will discuss the use of simultaneous instrumental variable models to explore if smoking self-medicates short-term stress. The discussants for these papers are Professors Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Dhaval Dave, and Chad Cotti.