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Employment Shocks and Demand for Pain Medication
Musse, Isabel - 2020
measure the effect of employment shocks on demand for pain medication. To separate the channels, I contrast the effect of … labor demand shocks on the use of opioids with the effect on the use of OTC painkillers---which address pain but not mental … employment-to-population ratio decreases the per-capita demand for opioids by 0.20 percent, while it increases the per …
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Estimates of a Model of Male Participation in the Market for Female Heterosexual Prostitution Services
Cameron, Samuel; Collins, Alan - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 16 (2003) 3, pp. 271-288
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Quashing demand criminalizing clients? : evidence from the UK
Della Giusta, Marina; Di Tommaso, Maria Laura; Jewell, Sarah - 2019
We discuss changes in the demand for paid sex accompanying the criminalization of prostitution in the United Kingdom … down on prostitution with the Prostitution (Public Places) Scotland Act 2007 and the Policing and Crime Act of 2009 in … Lifestyles (Natsal2, conducted in 2000-2001 and Natsal3, conducted in 2010-2012) to illustrate the changes in demand that have …
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Impact of Sex on Worker’s Effort within Efficiency Wage Setting
Loureiro, Paulo R. A. - 2014
We provided a simple equilibrium model where both the wage paid by firms and the sexual frequency of their workers are determined in equilibrium. The analysis is carried out within an efficiency wage model where the worker's effort is influenced, in addition to wage, by the willingness to work....
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The Long-Run Impacts of Adolescent Drinking: Evidence from Zero Tolerance Laws
Abboud, Tatiana; Bellou, Andriana; Lewis, Joshua - 2019
This paper provides the first long-run assessment of adolescent binge drinking on later- life health and labor market outcomes. Our analysis exploits cross-state variation in the rollout of "Zero Tolerance" (ZT) Laws, which set strict alcohol limits for drivers under age 21 and led to sharp...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180026
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The Long-Run Impacts of Adolescent Drinking: Evidence from Zero Tolerance Laws
Abboud, Tatiana; Bellou, Andriana; Lewis, Joshua - 2022
This paper provides the first long-run assessment of adolescent alcohol control policies on later-life health and labor market outcomes. Our analysis exploits cross-state variation in the rollout of "Zero Tolerance" (ZT) Laws, which set strict alcohol limits for drivers under age 21 and led to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177755
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An Examination of the Intracorrelation of Family Health Insurance
Aouad, Marion - 2021
A negative shock to one household member can have consequences for other household members. This paper demonstrates the extent of job lock and health insurance plan stemming from the unanticipated health shock of a child family member. In response to the shock, I estimate a 7 – 14 percent...
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Teenage Conduct Problems: A Lifetime of Disadvantage in the Labour Market?
Parsons, Sam; Bryson, Alex; Sullivan, Alice - 2021
Using data from two British birth cohorts born in 1958 and 1970 we investigate the impact of teenage conduct problems on subsequent employment prospects through to age 42. We find teenagers with conduct problems went on to spend fewer months both in paid employment, and in employment, education...
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Physical activity of adults: A survey of correlates, determinants, and effects
Cabane, Charlotte; Lechner, Michael - 2014
We survey the literature on the link of labour market related outcomes to individ-ual physical activity and sports participation. The first part of the survey is devoted to the individual participation decision and is based on papers from various disciplines. The sec-ond part summarises parts of...
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Physical activity of adults : a survey of correlates, determinants, and effects
Cabane, Charlotte; Lechner, Michael - 2014 - This version: October 2014
We survey the literature on the link of labour market related outcomes to individ-ual physical activity and sports participation. The first part of the survey is devoted to the individual participation decision and is based on papers from various disciplines. The sec-ond part summarises parts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010425625