We estimate the effects of abortion-clinic closures on clinic access and abortions using variation generated by Texas HB2, a "TRAP" law that shuttered nearly half of Texas' abortion clinics in late 2013. Our results suggest a substantial and non-linear effect of distance to clinics. Increases...

Most governments in the world including the United States prohibit prostitution. Given these types of laws rarely change and are fairly uniform across regions, our knowledge about the impact of decriminalizing sex work is largely conjectural. We exploit the fact that a Rhode Island District...

Objectives The aim of this review is to provide a historical perspective of the evolution of UK health policies and key events relevant to pharmacy assisted self care of minor ailments.Methods Health policy documents identified from free public web archives of all UK health department(s)...

There is a growing literature on the effects of abortion legalization on a range of fertility outcomes. The now-famous paper by Donohue and Levitt [2001. "The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime," 116 Quarterly Journal of Economics 379--420], linking abortion to the decline in crime in the...

This paper evaluates the impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) in Turkey, the largest cash transfer program for international refugees in the world. The paper provides prima facie evidence that the program quickly caused substantial changes in household size and composition, with a...