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Item Restricted Analysis of alcohol consumption across the different labor sectors in the Philippines(2010-10) Bascoguin, Charmy Wreiny G.; De Castro, Ruben Richard C.; Tecson, GwendolynAlcohol drinking is a common form of social interaction in several countries. However, millions of alcohol-related deaths and injuries have also been recorded across the world. This paper provides an analysis on the factors that affect the likelihood of an individual to spend on alcoholic substances and the magnitude of consumption. It focuses mainly on Work Characteristics as described by occupational group, industry group, and class of worker. The study applies the behaviour of time preference from the Theory of Compulsive Consumption on its applicability on alcohol consumption. In order to capture the myopic behaviour typically observed in present-oriented individuals, a smoker dummy variable is included as a selecting variable. Using the data from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey 2000-2006 , the study uses the Heckman regression procedure to first estimate the probability of drinking and subsequently the magnitude of alcohol expenditure for each worker across the three aspects of labour considered. Regression results show that there is an evident disparity in the consumption of alcoholic substances among different work characteristics, with blue-collar workers having higher likelihood and magnitude of alcohol consumption than white-collar workers. This brought about the recommendation of implementing anti-alcohol campaigns that target blue-collar workers such as sale restrictions and price regulation.