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This study explores the effect of in-person schooling on youth suicide. We document three key findings. First, using … experience increases in teen suicides in August, while areas with schools starting in September don't see youth suicides rise … queries and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey suggests that bullying victimization may be an important mechanism …
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and national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, the National Survey on Drug Use …
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. This study is the first to comprehensively explore the effect of ELL adoption on youth and adult tobacco product use. Using … data from the State Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and a difference-in-differences approach, we find no evidence that … ELL adoption reduces overall youth ENDS use. The precision of our estimates allows us to rule out, with 95 percent …
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sale of flavored electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products on youth and young adult tobacco use. Using data from … the State and National Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, we find that the adoption of an ENDS flavor restriction reduces … frequent and everyday youth ENDS use by 1.2 to 2.5 percentage points. Auxiliary analyses of the Behavioral Risk Factor …
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Advocates of minimum wage increases have long touted their potential to reduce poverty. This study assesses this claim. Using data spanning nearly four decades from the March Current Population Survey, and a dynamic difference-in-differences approach, we find that a 10 percent increase in the...
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Using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System for the period 1983-1997, Cohen and Einav (Review of Economics and Statistics 2003; 85(4): 828-843) found that mandatory seatbelt laws were associated with a 4 to 6 percent reduction in traffic fatalities among motor vehicle occupants. After...
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Despite nearly 70 percent of the American public supporting legalization of recreational marijuana, opponents argue that increased marijuana use may diminish motivation, impede cognitive function, and harm health, each of which could adversely affect adults' economic wellbeing. This study is the...
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Public health advocates warn that the rapid growth of legal markets for electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) may generate a "gateway" to marijuana and harder drug consumption, particularly among teenagers. This study is the first to explore the effects of ENDS taxes on substance use. We...
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