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Predicting COVID-19 vaccine uptake
Pronkina, Elizaveta; Rees, Daniel I. - 2022
vaccine uptake. By contrast, there is little evidence that either excess mortality during the pandemic or official case counts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414866
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Voting and political participation in the aftermath of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I.; Reeves, James - 2020
This is the first study to examine the effect of experiencing a widespread, deadly epidemic on voting behavior. Using … the period 1983-1987, we document the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on votes received by Democratic and Republican … share received by Democratic candidates. Congressional districts that bore the brunt of the HIV/AIDS epidemic also saw …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244757
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Voting and political participation in the aftermath of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I.; Reeves, James - 2020
This is the first study to examine the effect of experiencing a widespread, deadly epidemic on voting behavior. Using … the period 1983-1987, we document the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on votes received by Democratic and Republican … share received by Democratic candidates. Congressional districts that bore the brunt of the HIV/AIDS epidemic also saw …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249235
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Wet laws, drinking establishments, and violent crime
Anderson, D. Mark; Crost, Benjamin; Rees, Daniel I. - 2014
the number of establishments licensed to sell alcohol by the drink are related to violent crime. During this period, 86 … drinking establishments is associated with a 4 percent increase in violent crime. Reduced-form estimates suggest that … violent crime. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010458515
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Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments, and Violent Crime
Anderson, D. Mark - 2014
the number of establishments licensed to sell alcohol by the drink are related to violent crime. During this period, 86 … drinking establishments is associated with a 4 percent increase in violent crime. Reduced-form estimates suggest that … violent crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039585
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Deployments, combat exposure, and crime
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I. - 2013
changes in troop levels on violent crime in El Paso County, where Fort Carson is located. Our results suggest that never …-deployed units contributed to community violence in the form of assaults, murders, and robberies. In contrast, estimates of the … relationship between the number of previously deployed units and violent crime are generally small and statistically insignificant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221548
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Was the first public health campaign successful? : the tuberculosis movement and its effect on mortality
Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Olivares, … - 2017
The U.S. tuberculosis movement pioneered many of the strategies of modern public health campaigns. Dedicated to eradicating a specific disease, it was spearheaded by voluntary associations and supported by the sale of Christmas seals. Although remarkable in its scope and intensity, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621424
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The Affordable Care Act and ambulance response times
Courtemanche, Charles; Friedson, Andrew; Koller, Andrew; … - 2017
This study contributes to the literature on supply-side adjustments to insurance expansions by examining the effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on ambulance response times. Exploiting temporal and geographic variation in the implementation of the ACA as well as pre-treatment differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724463
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The effect of occupational licensing on consumer welfare : early midwifery laws and maternal mortality
Anderson, D. Mark; Brown, Ryan; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; … - 2016
Occupational licensing is intended to protect consumers. Whether it does so is an important, but unanswered, question. Exploiting variation across states and municipalities in the timing and details of midwifery laws introduced during the period 1900-1940, and using a rich data set that we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517692
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Ambulance utilization in New York City after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Courtemanche, Charles; Friedson, Andrew; Rees, Daniel I. - 2018
Expanding insurance coverage could, by insulating patients from having to pay full cost, encourage the utilization of arguably unnecessary medical services. It could also eliminate (or at least diminish) the need for emergency services through increasing access to preventive care. Using publicly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821437