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The downward spiral
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kopecky, Karen A. - 2022
There have been more than 500,000 opioid overdose deaths since 2000. To analyze the opioid epidemic, we construct a model where individuals, with and without pain, choose whether to misuse opioids knowing the probabilities of addiction and dying. These odds are functions of opioid use. Markov...
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High on life? : medical marijuana laws and suicide
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012
suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent … reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in the suicide rate of 20- through 29-year-old males, and a 9 … percent reduction in the suicide rate of 30- through 39-year-old males. Estimates of the relationship between legalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529493
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High on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide
Anderson, D. Mark - 2012
suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent … reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in the suicide rate of 20- through 29-year-old males, and a 9 … percent reduction in the suicide rate of 30- through 39-year-old males. Estimates of the relationship between legalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111667
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Evidence on maternal health from two large Canadian parental leave expansions : when is enough too much?
Haeck, Catherine; Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip; … - 2016 - Revised version
Exploiting unique administrative longitudinal data sets on medical services provided to mothers before- and after- delivery, we estimate the causal effects of two major distinct parental leave reforms on maternal health outcomes, over a period of 5 years postpartum. The health outcomes are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152917
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Do Stock Market Fluctuations Affect Suicide Rates?
Wisniewski, Tomasz Piotr - 2020
In this study, we extend the standard economic model of suicide by considering a new influential factor driving the … relationship between stock market returns and the percentage increase in suicide rates. Trends in male and female suicide are … potential to implement pro-active suicide prevention strategies for those who could be affected by the vagaries of the market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012851877
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Tobacco and alcohol : complements or substitutes? : a structural model approach to insufficient price variation in individual-level data
Tauchmann, Harald; Lenz, Silja; Requate, Tilman; … - 2013
The question of whether alcohol and tobacco are consumed as complements or substitutes is crucial for determining the side-effects of anti-smoking policies. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems for alcohol and tobacco, and subsequently calculating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011488475
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Tobacco and Alcohol : Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach
Tauchmann, Harald; Göhlmann, Silja; Requate, Tilman; … - 2021
The question of whether two drugs - namely alcohol and tobacco - are used as complements or substitutes is of crucial interest if side-effects of anti-smoking policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems for alcohol and tobacco and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324830
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Tobacco and Alcohol : Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach
Tauchmann, Harald; Göhlmann, Silja; Requate, Tilman; … - 2008
The question of whether two drugs - namely alcohol and tobacco - are used as complements or substitutes is of crucial interest if side-effects of anti-smoking policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems for alcohol and tobacco and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220678
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Tobacco and Alcohol : Complements or Substitutes? - a Statistical Guinea Pig Approach
Tauchmann, Harald; Göhlmann, Silja; Requate, Tilman; … - 2007
The question of whether two drugs - namely alcohol and tobacco - are used as complements or substitutes is of crucial interest if side-effects of anti-drug policies are considered. Numerous papers have empirically addressed this issue by estimating demand systems for alcohol and tobacco and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053390
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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users
Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017
This paper provides an empirical test of the rational addiction model, used in economics to model individuals' consumption of addictive substances, versus the utility misprediction model, used in psychology to explain the discrepancy between people's decision and their subsequent experiences. By...
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