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Does State Spending on Mental Health Lower Suicide Rates?
Ross, Justin M.; Yakovlev, Pavel A.; Carson, Fatima - 2011
first to examine the effect of state mental health spending on suicide rates. We find the effect of per capita public mental … health expenditures on the suicide rate to be qualitatively small and lacking statistical significance. This finding holds …, divorce prevention or support, and assistance to low income individuals could be more effective at suicide prevention than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014190588
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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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Drug Compliance, Co-Payment and Health Outcomes : Evidence from a Panel of Italian Patients
Atella, Vincenzo - 2010
This paper studies the relationship between medical compliance and health outcomes - hospitalization and mortality rates - using a large panel of patients residing in a local health authority in Italy. These data allow us to follow individual patients through all their accesses to public health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012717687
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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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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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The intergenerational transmission of opioid dependence: Evidence from administrative data
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin - 2020
To address the opioid crisis, it is crucial to understand its origins. We provide evidence for the intergenerational transmission of opioid dependence. Our analysis is based on administrative data covering the universe of Austrian births from 1984 to 1990. We consider prescription opioids and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012234261
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Opioid Dependence: Evidence from Administrative Data
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin - 2020
To address the opioid crisis, it is crucial to understand its origins. We provide evidence for the intergenerational transmission of opioid dependence. Our analysis is based on administrative data covering the universe of Austrian births from 1984 to 1990. We consider prescription opioids and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270073
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The intergenerational transmission of opioid dependence: Evidence from administrative data
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin - 2021
To address the opioid crisis, it is crucial to understand its origins. We provide descriptive evidence for the intergenerational transmission of opioid dependence. Our analysis is based on administrative data covering the universe of Austrian births from 1984 to 1990. We consider prescription...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012662692
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Health insurance coverage and risky health behaviors among young adults
Yörük, Barış K. - 2015
This paper investigates the relationship between health insurance coverage and risky health behaviors among young adults using the confidential version of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort (NLSY97). Before the Affordable Care Act required all employers to provide health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310000