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Information Source and Cigarettes : Experimental Evidence on the Messenger Effect

Maclean, Johanna Catherine - 2019

We examine the importance of information source (the 'messenger') on consumer choice in the context of cigarettes, electronic and tobacco. We proxy choice with intentions to use cigarettes and risk perceptions. We experimentally vary the messenger across three information sources: government,...

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The Effects of Traditional Cigarette and E-Cigarette Taxes on Adult Tobacco Product Use

Pesko, Michael F. - 2019

We study the effects of traditional cigarette tax rate changes and e-cigarette tax adoption on use of these products … among U.S. adults. Data are drawn from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and National Health Interview Survey … substitutes. E-cigarette tax adoption reduces e-cigarette use, with some heterogeneity across groups, and dilutes the own …

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Intended and Unintended Effects of E-cigarette Taxes on Youth Tobacco Use

Abouk, Rahi; Courtemanche, Charles; Dave, Dhaval; Feng, Bo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Over the past decade, rising youth use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has prompted aggressive regulation by state and local governments. Between 2010 and 2019, ten states and two large counties adopted ENDS taxes. Applying a continuous treatment...

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The Opioid Crisis, Health, Healthcare, and Crime : A Review of Economic Studies

Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Mallatt, Justine; Ruhm, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Opioid use is one of the most substantial and long-lasting public health crises faced by the United States. This crisis, which began by the mid-1990s and continues through the time of writing, causes 136 fatal opioid overdoses each day and costs the U.S. at least $596 billion each year. These...

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Office-Based Mental Healthcare and Juvenile Arrests

Deza, Monica; Thanh Lu; Maclean, Johanna Catherine - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We estimate the effect of local access to office-based mental healthcare on juvenile arrest outcomes. We leverage variation in the number of mental healthcare offices within a county over the period 1999 to 2016 in a two-way fixed-effects model. Office-based treatment is the most common modality...

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Does Marijuana Legalization Affect Work Capacity? Evidence from Workers' Compensation Benefits

Abouk, Rahi; Ghimire, Keshar M.; Maclean, Johanna Catherine - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

adults 40-62 years. We find that WC receipt declines in response to RML adoption both in terms of the propensity to receive …

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Unfit for Service : The Implications of Rising Obesity for U.S. Military Recruitment

Cawley, John - 2010

Excess body weight or body fat hinders performance of military duties. As a result, the U.S. military has weight-for-height and percent body fat standards for enlistment. This paper estimates the number and percent of military-age civilians who meet, and do not meet, the current active duty...

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The Changing Landscape of Pensions in the United States

Poterba, James - 2007

The pension landscape in the U.S. has changed dramatically over the past 25 years. Saving through personal retirement accounts has become the principal form of retirement saving. We document the transition from a defined benefit system to a personal account system and show the effect it has had...

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The Military Pension, Compensation, and Retirement of U.S. Air Force Pilots

Ausink, John A. - 1993

This paper uses the option value model of Stock and Wise to analyze the departure patterns of a sample of pilots in the United States Air Force. Pilot compensation and the military pension are described, as are some details of the option value model and two other models: the Annualized Cost of...

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Have IRAs Increased U.S. Saving? : Evidence from Consumer Expenditure Surveys

Venti, Steven F. - 1987

The vast majority of Individual Retirement Account contributions represent net new saving, based on evidence from the quarterly Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CES). The results are based on analysis of the relationship between IRA contributions and other financial asset saving. The data show...

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