This paper examines the impact of school shootings on the educational performance and long-term health consequences of … may play a role in explaining any such effect, and school expenditures, which may counteract it. We analyze national …, school-district level data and additional school-level data from Connecticut in this part of the analysis. In terms of …

-in-differences models that leverage within-individual and across-cohort variation in shooting exposure within matched school groups to … grade in the two years following the event. We also find adverse long-term impacts on the likelihood of high school … student and school characteristics indicate that the detrimental impacts of shootings are universal, with most sub …

conveyed by smoking (of being off track in school), one that is especially powerful for high-aptitude students. To further … develop this view, we present estimates of the likelihood of smoking as a function of school commitment and other, more … traditional variables. There are no direct implications from this analysis for whether smoking is in some sense a cause of school …

This paper aims to identify the causal effect of smoking on body mass index (BMI) using data from the Lung Health Study …, a randomized trial of smoking cessation treatments. Since nicotine is a metabolic stimulant and appetite suppressant …, quitting or reducing smoking could lead to weight gain. Using randomized treatment assignment to instrument for smoking, we …

Despite plausible mechanisms, little research has evaluated potential changes in health behaviors as a result of the … of Medicaid on health behaviors for pregnant women. We exploit exogenous variation from the Medicaid income eligibility … expansions for pregnant women and children during late-1980s through mid-1990s to examine effects on several prenatal health …

sparse information exists regarding the impact these smoking bans at the state and local levels have on the health of … bans impact the venue of smoking, and the health of children and infants. Using models that exploit state- and county …-level changes to smoking ban legislation over time, estimates suggest that smoking bans have improved the health of both infants and …

age. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we interact a genetic risk score for smoking initiation with … development of smoking behaviors. The Vietnam-era draft lottery offers a unique opportunity to investigate whether genetic … susceptibility to smoking is influenced by risky environments in young adulthood. Access to free or reduced-price cigarettes coupled …

Victor Fuchs has suggested that the persistent positive correlation between education and health habits can be … explained by interpersonal differences in the discount rate. If Fuchs is correct, some health habits can be used as instruments … the OLS estimates. We fail to reject tests of overidentifying restrictions, show how the smoking/education link varies …