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opioids and health and healthcare, and crime outcomes in the U.S. We focus on the U.S., a country particularly hard hit by the … continuation. Further, studies suggest that opioids increase crime, although the link is not as strong as has been observed in … substances (e.g., cocaine) that dominated earlier drug epidemic periods characterized by higher levels of crime. Through the …
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A growing number of American children are exposed to gun violence at their schools, but little is known about the impacts of this exposure on their human capital attainment and economic well-being. This paper studies the causal effects of exposure to shootings at schools on children's...
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Firearm violence is a pervasive public health crisis in the United States, with significant numbers of homicides involving firearms, including indiscriminate shootings in public spaces. This paper investigates the largely unexplored consequences of stress induced by these attacks on newborn...
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Disability insurance take-up has expanded substantially in the past twenty years in the United States while shrinking in Canada. We empirically assess these trends by measuring the strength of the 'push' from weak labor markets versus the 'pull' of more generous benefits. Using an instrumental...
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children (parity). Estimates indicate that these pandemic cash payments had no statistically significant, or clinically or …
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This paper examines the impact of school shootings on the educational performance and long-term health consequences of students who survive them, highlighting the impact of indiscriminate, high-fatality incidents. Initially, we focus on test scores in the years following a shooting. We also...
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, job, or community. With fewer connections, crime may become a more attractive option. This study addresses the question of …
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Does the death penalty save lives? A surge of recent interest in this question has yielded a series of papers purporting to show robust and precise estimates of a substantial deterrent effect of capital punishment. We assess the various approaches that have been used in this literature, testing...
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fewer overdose deaths are offset by individuals substituting to other drugs and committing more violent crime, including … in property crime. Our results demonstrate that reducing the supply of illicit opioids can lead to meaningful longer …
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