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SMOKE-FREE LAWS AND EMPLOYEE TURNOVER |
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| Authors: | ERIC THOMPSON ELLEN J. HAHN GLENN BLOMQUIST JOHN GAREN DON MULLINEAUX NOLA OGUNRO MARY K. RAYENS |
| Affiliation: | Thompson:;Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588. Phone 402-472-3318, Fax 402-472-9700, E-mail Hahn:;Professor, School of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. Phone 859-257-2358, Fax 402-323-1057, E-mail Blomquist:;Pollard Endowed Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. Phone 859-257-3924, Fax 402-323-1920, E-mail Garen:;Gatton Endowed Professor of Economics, Department of Economics University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. Phone 859-257-3581, Fax 402-323-1920, E-mail Mullineaux:;duPont Endowed Chair in Banking and Professor of Finance, Department of Finance, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. Phone 402-257-2890, Fax 402-257-9688, E-mail Ogunro:;Graduate Student in Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. Phone 859-552-9005, Fax 402-323-1920, E-mail Rayens:;Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. Phone 859-323-1670, Fax 402-323-1057, E-mail |
| 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) |
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