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Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; … - 2024

The role of friends in the US opioid epidemic is examined. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), adults aged 25-34 and their high school best friends are focused on. An instrumental variable technique is employed to estimate peer effects in opioid...

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High achievers? : cannabis access and student performance

Marie, Olivier; Zölitz, Ulf - 2015

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Medical marijuana laws and mental health in the United States

Kalbfuß, Jörg; Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2018

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Healthy, nudged, and wise : experimental evidence on the role of cost reminders in healthy decision-making

Fakir, Adnan M. S.; Bharati, Tushar - 2021

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Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality: evidence from a modern-day prohibition

Barron, Kai; Parry, Charles D. H.; Bradshaw, Debbie; … - 2022

This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that … argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also … document a sharp drop in violent crimes, indicating a tight link between alcohol and aggressive behavior in society. Our …

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Alcohol and short-run mortality : evidence from a modern-day prohibition

Barron, Kai; Bradshaw, Debbie; Parry, Charles D. H.; … - 2021

On July 13, 2020 a complete nation-wide ban was placed on the sale and transport of alcohol in South Africa. This paper … evaluates the impact of this sudden and unexpected five-week alcohol prohibition on mortality due to unnatural causes. We find … the impact of alcohol on short-run mortality, and underscores the severe influence that alcohol has on society - even in …

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Football, alcohol and domestic abuse

Ivandic, Ria; Kirchmaier, Tom; Torres-Blas, Neus - 2021

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Damned by dams? : infrastructure and conflict

Eberle, Ulrich J. - 2020

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Sanctioning and trustworthiness across ethnic groups : experimental evidence from Afghanistan

Levely, Ian; Bartoš, Vojtěch - 2018

We show how sanctioning is more effective in increasing cooperation between groups than within groups. We study this using a trust game among ethnically diverse subjects in Afghanistan. In the experiment, we manipulate i) sanctioning and ii) ethnic identity. We find that sanctioning increases...

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Explaining cross-racial differences in the educational gender gap

Aucejo, Esteban - 2013

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