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Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use
Anderson, D. Mark; Hansen, Benjamin; Rees, Daniel I. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
While at least a dozen state legislatures are considering bills to allow the consumption of marijuana for medicinal purposes, the federal government has recently intensified its efforts to close medical marijuana dispensaries. Federal officials contend that the legalization of medical marijuana...
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What Do Unions Do for Economic Performance?
Hirsch, Barry T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
in the U.S. private sector affect economic performance - productivity, profitability, investment, and growth. Freeman and … Medoff are clearly correct that union productivity effects vary substantially across workplaces. Their conclusion that union … productivity effect near zero. Their speculation that productivity effects are larger in more competitive environments appears to …
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Jenseits der Fallzahlen: Die Kriminalitätsentwicklung bei ökonomischer Bewertung der Schäden
Entorf, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Genau wie die Sorge den Arbeitsplatz zu verlieren oder schwer zu erkranken, gehört auch die Furcht, Opfer einer Straftat zu werden, zu den größten Ängsten der Deutschen. Wohlstandsindikatoren, die als Alternative zum BIP diskutiert werden, beinhalten daher nicht nur Arbeitslosigkeit und den...
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Rationalizable Suicides: Evidence from Changes in Inmates' Expected Length of Sentence
Campaniello, Nadia; Diasakos, Theodoros; Mastrobuoni, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Is there a rational component in the decision to commit suicide? Economists have been trying to shed light on this question by studying whether suicide rates are related to contemporaneous conditions. This paper goes one step further: we test whether suicides are linked to forward-looking...
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Time Preferences and Criminal Behavior
Akerlund, David; Golsteyn, Bart H.H.; Grönqvist, Hans; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
. Yet, economic theory predicts that the scope for punishment as acting as a deterrent depends on how much individuals …
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Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
During the period 2001-2009, four combat brigades and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment were based at Fort Carson, Colorado. These units were repeatedly deployed during the Iraq War, allowing us to measure the effect of arguably exogenous changes in troop levels on violent crime in El Paso...
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Certainty and Severity of Sanctions in Classical and Behavioral Models of Deterrence: A Survey
Entorf, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This survey summarizes the classical fundamentals of modern deterrence theory, covers major theoretical and empirical …
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Guns, Drugs and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Panel of Siblings and Twins
Mocan, H. Naci; Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Using a nationally-representative panel data set of U.S. high school students (AddHealth data) that contains a relatively large sample of siblings and twins, the paper investigates the impacts of gun availability at home and individual drug use on robbery, burglary, theft and damaging property...
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Clean Evidence on Peer Pressure
Falk, Armin; Ichino, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
making the least productive individuals work harder, thereby increasing overall productivity. …
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How Corruption Hits People When They Are Down
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Using cross-country and Peruvian data, I show that victims of misfortune, particularly crime victims, are much more likely than non-victims to bribe public officials. Misfortune increases victims’ demand for public services, raising bribery indirectly, and also increases victims’ propensity...
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