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Organized Crime and Economic Growth : Evidence from Municipalities Infiltrated by the Mafia

Fenizia, Alessandra; Saggio, Raffaele - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper studies the long-run economic impact of dismissing city councils infiltrated by organized crime. Applying a matched difference-in-differences design to the universe of Italian social security records, we find that city council dismissals (CCDs) increase employment, the number of...

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Illegal Immigration, State Law, and Deterrence

Hoekstra, Mark - 2014

A critical immigration policy question is whether state and federal policy can deter undocumented workers from entering the U.S. We examine whether Arizona SB 1070, arguably the most restrictive and controversial state immigration law ever passed, deterred entry into Arizona. We do so by...

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Dreaming of Leaving the Nest? Immigration Status and the Living Arrangements of DACAmented

Gihleb, Rania; Giuntella, Osea; Lonsky, Jakub - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This study investigates the effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on the living arrangements and housing behavior of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Using an event-study approach and difference-in-differences (DID) estimates, we compared immigrants above and below...

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Monopsony, Efficiency, and the Regularization of Undocumented Immigrants

Borjas, George J.; Edo, Anthony - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

In May 1981, President François Mitterrand regularized the status of undocumented immigrant workers in France. The newly legalized immigrants represented 12 percent of the non-French workforce and about 1 percent of all workers. Employers have monopsony power over undocumented workers because...

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Driving Towards Integration : Early Childhood Education Implications of Extending Driving Privileges to Undocumented Immigrants

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Deza, Monica; Kostandini, Genti - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We estimate the effect of granting access to driver licenses to undocumented immigrants on their offspring's access to early childhood education (ECE). Using individual-level data from the ACS, we find that granting driving privileges to undocumented immigrants leads to a 6% increase in ECE...

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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, Opioid Abuse, and Crime

Dave, Dhaval - 2018

We study the spillover effects of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on crime, and in the process inform how … a decrease in crime-related arrests as well as drug-related arrests. Overall, these results provide additional evidence …

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Mandatory Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Prescription Drug Abuse

Dave, Dhaval M. - 2017

Despite the significant cost of prescription (Rx) drug abuse and calls from policy makers for effective interventions … prescription drug monitoring (PDMP) programs which is a key policy targeting the non-medical use of Rx drugs. Based on objective … utilization rates by actually requiring providers to query the PDMP prior to prescribing a controlled drug, are significantly …

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The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Marijuana, Alcohol, and Hard Drug Use

Wen, Hefei - 2014

adult marijuana, alcohol, and hard drug use. We employed a restricted-access version of the National Survey on Drug Use and … on hard drug use in either age group. Taken together, MML implementation increases marijuana use mainly among those over …

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Investigating the Complexity of Naloxone Distribution : Which Policies Matter for Pharmacies and Potential Recipients

Smart, Rosanna; Powell, David; Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Despite efforts to address the opioid crisis, opioid-related overdoses remain a significant contributor to mortality. State efforts to reduce overdose deaths by removing barriers to naloxone have recently focused on pharmacy channels, but the specifics of these laws and the contexts in which...

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The Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on Employment and Earnings

Dave, Dhaval; Liang, Yang; Muratori, Caterina; Sabia, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Despite nearly 70 percent of the American public supporting legalization of recreational marijuana, opponents argue that increased marijuana use may diminish motivation, impede cognitive function, and harm health, each of which could adversely affect adults' economic wellbeing. This study is the...

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