to contain this epidemic to date. We examine whether local access to medical cannabis can reduce opioid-related mortality …. Using a unique data set of medical cannabis dispensaries combined with county-level mortality data, we estimate the effect … experience 6% to 8% fewer opioid-related deaths among non-Hispanic white men. Mortality involving heroin declines by …

Mortality due to opioid overdoses has been growing rapidly in the U.S., with some states experiencing much steeper … increases than others. Legalizing medical cannabis could reduce opioid-related mortality if potential opioid users substitute … towards cannabis as a safer alternative. I show, however, that a substantial reduction in opioid-related mortality associated …

methods to provide both central estimates and bounds on the effect of health insurance on health and mortality among the near … average effect of uninsurance on mortality and health is plausible, some selection effects that might explain our full results …

efforts in the 1960s. Before the increase in disaster relief efforts, mortality from in utero exposure to severe typhoons was … associated with adverse outcomes. We exploit variations in typhoon exposure and sharp increases in short-term disaster relief … 9 percent; survivors exhibited similar levels of human capital as the unaffected. After the increase in disaster relief …

mortality rate of approximately 2% at the end of the 21st century. Among different age groups, the estimated mortality increases … the climate change induced mortality and energy impacts predicted to occur over the remainder of the 21st century is about …

We estimate the effect of an electricity tax on aggregate electricity consumption with the synthetic control method … electricity prices by 5.4-8.0%. We compare the actual and a hypothetical electricity consumption in the years 1999-2006. The … latter is a weighted average of electricity consumption in other Swiss cities and captures the hypothetical situation without …

would pay the electricity bills of residential customers in April and May 2020, effectively making electricity free, as long … when the policy is in place low-volume consumers increase their electricity usage and high-volume consumers decrease it in … an effort to make the 200 kWh mark. Assuming that the increase in electricity demand was met with imports and domestic …

-compulsory education level increased after the reform. In addition, we find that the reform decreases mortality while young (16-25) for … both genders while it increases mortality for middle age women (26-40). We provide evidence to proof that the latter …