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Adolescent Drug Use and the Deterrent Effect of School-Imposed Penalties

Waddell, Glen R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Simple OLS estimates of the effect of school-imposed penalties for drug use on a student's consumption of marijuana are … marijuana use to sanctions and thereby demonstrate the efficacy of school-imposed penalties as a deterrent to adolescent drug … use. This is the first evidence of such efficacy and, given what is known about the consequences of drug use, suggests …

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In Absolute or Relative Terms? How Framing Prices Affects the Consumer Price Sensitivity of Health Plan Choice

Schmitz, Hendrik; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper provides field evidence on (a) how price framing affects consumers' decision to switch health insurance plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple regulatory efforts. In 2009, in order to foster competition...

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The Demand for Cigarettes as Derived from the Demand for Weight Control

Cawley, John; von Hinke Kessler Scholder, Stephanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We provide new evidence on the extent to which the demand for cigarettes is derived from the demand for weight control (i.e. weight loss or avoidance of weight gain). We utilize nationally representative data that provide the most direct evidence to date on this question: individuals are...

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How Do Immigrants from Taiwan Fare in the U.S. Labor Market?

Lin, Carl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper presents evidence that since 1980, relative to other immigrants, the earnings of Taiwanese immigrants have grown rapidly as they assimilate into the U.S. economy. Our estimates indicate that the rising returns to education, pre-migration experience and hours worked per week play...

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Long-term Effects of Early Childhood Malaria Exposure on Education and Health: Evidence from Colonial Taiwan

Chang, Simon; Fleisher, Belton M.; Kim, Seonghoon; Liu, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

variations in malaria exposure risk around birth that resulted from a universal malaria eradication campaign in colonial Taiwan …

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