Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 459
Cover Image
Crime and the Depenalization of Cannabis Possession: Evidence from a Policing Experiment
Adda, Jérôme; McConnell, Brendon; Rasul, Imran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
of cannabis in the London borough of Lambeth. Such a policy can: (i) impact the demand for cannabis in Lambeth as users … move there to purchase cannabis; (ii) enable the Lambeth police to reallocate effort towards other types of crime. We … increases in cannabis possession offences that persisted well after the policy experiment ended. We find evidence that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011094083
Cover Image
"High"-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Le, Trinh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We use unique survey data linked to nearly a decade of administrative welfare data to examine the relationship between early marijuana use (at age 14 or younger) and young people's educational outcomes. We find evidence that early marijuana use is related to educational penalties that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156470
Cover Image
Being Born Under Adverse Economic Conditions Leads to a Higher Cardiovascular Mortality Rate Later in Life: Evidence Based on Individuals Born at Different Stages of the Business C...
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We connect the recent medical and economic literatures on the long-run effects of early-life conditions, by analyzing the effects of economic conditions on the individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality rate later in life, using individual data records from the Danish Twin Registry covering births...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762085
Cover Image
Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments, and Violent Crime
Anderson, D. Mark; Crost, Benjamin; Rees, Daniel I. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Drawing on county-level data from Kansas for the period 1977-2011, we examine whether plausibly exogenous increases in the number of establishments licensed to sell alcohol by the drink are related to violent crime. During this period, 86 out of 105 counties in Kansas voted to legalize the sale...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105058
Cover Image
The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity among Elementary School Children
Cawley, John; Frisvold, David E.; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However, little is known about the effect of PE on child weight. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959837
Cover Image
Youth Depression and Future Criminal Behavior
Anderson, D. Mark; Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
While the contemporaneous association between mental health problems and criminal behavior has been explored in the literature, the long-term consequences of such problems, depression in particular, have received much less attention. In this paper, we examine the effect of depression during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279318
Cover Image
Why Do Some Motorbike Riders Wear a Helmet and Others Don't? Evidence from Delhi, India
Grimm, Michael; Treibich, Carole - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We focus on helmet use behavior among motorbike users in Delhi. We use a detailed data set collected for the purpose of the study. To guide our empirical analysis, we rely on a simple model in which drivers decide on self-protection and self-insurance. The empirical findings suggest that risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754114
Cover Image
Economic Conditions and Child Abuse
Lindo, Jason M.; Schaller, Jessamyn; Hansen, Benjamin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Although a huge literature spanning several disciplines documents an association between poverty and child abuse, researchers have not found persuasive evidence that economic downturns increase abuse, despite their impacts on family income. In this paper, we address this seeming contradiction....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010713906
Cover Image
Physician Payment Mechanisms, Hospital Length of Stay and Risk of Readmission: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Échevin, Damien; Fortin, Bernard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We provide an analysis of the effect of physician payment methods on their hospital patients' length of stay and risk of readmission. To do so, we exploit a major reform implemented in Quebec (Canada) in 1999. The Quebec Government introduced an optional mixed compensation (MC) scheme for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884181
Cover Image
Mental Illness and Unhappiness
Layard, Richard; Chisholm, Dan; Patel, Vikram; Saxena, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper is a contribution to the second World Happiness Report. It makes five main points. 1. Mental health is the biggest single predictor of life-satisfaction. This is so in the UK, Germany and Australia even if mental health is included with a six-year lag. It explains more of the variance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884297