Abstract
This study examines how smoke-free laws influence turnover among restaurant workers. The study uses a unique data set of payroll records of a franchisee of a national full-service restaurant chain operating 23 restaurants in the state of Arizona, a state where several communities have adopted smoke-free laws. Municipal smoke-free laws did not, on average, have a statistically significant effect on the probability of employee separation in the years after implementation. These results suggest that training costs associated with employee turnover would not rise for full-service restaurants in municipalities that adopt smoke-free laws. (JEL I18, J63)
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 351-359 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Contemporary Economic Policy |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Economics and Econometrics
- Public Administration