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cannabis and cocaine.For females no negative effects of drug use on the employment rate are found.For males there is a negative … correlation between past cannabis and cocaine use and employment. However, after correcting for the effect of unobserved personal … characteristics there is no negative effect of cannabis use or cocaine use on the employment status of males. …
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C41; D12; I19;
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Objective: To estimate the benefits of reduced cocaine consumption in terms of reduced societal costs resulting from … the introduction of a medication for cocaine dependence with a small incremental treatment effect. Study design: Cost …-benefit analysis is applied to study the implications of reduced cocaine consumption. A modelling approach extrapolates the magnitude …
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determinants of the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and cocaine in Mexico. The contribution of this work is supported by … and Cocaine, price elasticities are zero while an increase in consumer's income increases too de substances demand …. Concluding remarks show that economic factors as price and income are irrelevant for cocaine and marijuana consumption, in this …
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determinants of the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and cocaine in Mexico. The contribution of this work is supported by … and Cocaine, price elasticities are zero while an increase in consumer's income increases too de substances demand …. Concluding remarks show that economic factors as price and income are irrelevant for cocaine and marijuana consumption, in this …
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Despite the country's policies and programs towards universal health care, health is not improving as well as expected, which suggests that households still face significant barriers to their choice of and access to health care, and their timing of use of health services. Using a nationally...
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This paper studies the wage effects of the use of alcohol and tobacco. The analysis based on a recent survey in the Netherlands shows that for males the use of tobacco has a negative wage effect of about 10% while the use of alcohol has a positive wage effect of about the same size. The wages of...
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The standard assumption in economic theory is that preferences are stable. In particular, they are not changed as a result of experience with the good/service/event. Behavioral scientists have challenged this assumption and claimed (providing evidence) that preferences are constantly changing...
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China and some other Asian countries have experienced skewed sex ratios, triggering intense competition and pressure in the marriage market. Meanwhile, China has more smokers than any other country, with half of men smoke while few women smoke. Men are the major income earners in most Chinese...
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China and some other Asian countries have experienced skewed sex ratios, triggering intense competition and pressure in the marriage market. Meanwhile, China has more smokers than any other country, with half of men smoke while few women smoke. Men are the major income earners in most Chinese...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011770743