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The Effect of Maternal Drug Use on Birth Weight : Measurement Error in Binary Variables

Kaestner, Robert - 1996

This paper develops a method to correct for non-random measurement error in a binary indicator of illicit drugs. Our results suggest that estimates of the effect of self reported prenatal drug use on birth weight are biased upwards by measurement error -- a finding contrary to predictions of a...

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Effect of Prescription Opioids and Prescription Opioid Control Policies on Infant Health

Ziedan, Engy - 2020

Prescription opioid use among women of reproductive age and pregnant women is relatively common and growing prescription opioid use is associated with a commensurate increase in opioid use disorder (OUD) among pregnant women and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) among infants. In this article,...

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The Drug Crisis and the Living Arrangements of Children

Buckles, Kasey S. - 2020

We examine the impact of the drug crisis that has unfolded over the last three decades in the United States on children … point in a child's life, we measure children's exposure to the crisis with the cumulative drug-related mortality of likely … could also have altered the living arrangements of their children. Within a 2SLS framework, we instrument for the cumulative …

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Importing the Opioid Crisis? International Trade and Fentanyl Overdoses

Moore, Timothy J.; Olney, William W.; Hansen, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The U.S. opioid crisis is now driven by fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that currently accounts for 90% of all opioid deaths. Fentanyl is smuggled from abroad, with little evidence on how this happens. We show that a substantial amount of fentanyl smuggling occurs via legal trade flows,...

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Using Policy and Innovation to Improve Life-Saving Access to Naloxone

Peet, Evan D.; Powell, David; Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Naloxone is a life-saving medication which helps reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Improving naloxone access is a central pillar of the federal response to the worsening opioid crisis in the United States. Existing studies have evaluated the effects of state naloxone access laws,...

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Effects of Opioid-Related Policies on Opioid Utilization, Nature of Medical Care, and Duration of Disability

Neumark, David; Savych, Bogdan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We examine the effects of must-access prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) and recent regulations limiting the duration of initial opioid prescriptions on care received by patients with work-related injuries, focusing on opioid utilization and medical care related to pain management. We...

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When Innovation Goes Wrong : Technological Regress and the Opioid Epidemic

Cutler, David M.; Glaeser, Edward L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The fivefold increase in opioid deaths between 2000 and 2017 rivals even the COVID-19 pandemic as a health crisis for America. Why did it happen? Measures of demand for pain relief - physical pain and despair - are high but largely unchanging. The primary shift is in supply, primarily of new...

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Opioid Use and Employment Outcomes : Evidence from the U.S. Military

Alpert, Abby E.; Schwab, Steve; Ukert, Benjamin D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

There is significant interest in understanding the labor market consequences of the opioid epidemic, but little is known about how opioid use impacts on-the-job productivity. We analyze the impact of opioid initiation in the emergency department (ED) on workforce outcomes in the Military using...

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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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Fighting Abuse with Prescription Tracking : Mandatory Drug Monitoring and Intimate Partner Violence

Dave, Dhaval; Erten, Bilge; Hummel, David W.; Keskin, Pinar - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

-users through adverse spillovers on children, families, and communities. We study the spillover effects of a supply-side policy …

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