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time to estimate event study and difference-in-differences models of deaths due to drug overdose, suicide, and alcohol …-related causes. Our causal models find no significant effects on drug or alcohol-related mortality, but do find significant … reductions in non-drug suicides. A 10 percent minimum wage increase reduces non-drug suicides among low-educated adults by 2 …
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We investigate the impact of a large economic shock on mortality. We find that counties more exposed to a plausibly … exogenous trade liberalization exhibit higher rates of suicide and related causes of death, concentrated among whites …
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to examine the extent to which increases in county-level drug mortality rates from 1999-2015 are due to “deaths of … counties experiencing relative economic decline did experience higher growth in drug mortality than those with more robust … economic conditions account for less than one-tenth of the rise in drug and opioid-involved mortality rates. The contribution …
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Weekly mortality through October 3 is partitioned into normal deaths, COVID, and nonCOVID excess deaths (NCEDs). Before …, suicide, alcohol) in 2017 and 2018 are good predictors of the demographic groups with NCEDs in 2020. The NCEDs are …
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Weekly mortality through October 3 is partitioned into normal deaths, COVID, and nonCOVID excess deaths (NCEDs). Before …, suicide, alcohol) in 2017 and 2018 are good predictors of the demographic groups with NCEDs in 2020. The NCEDs are …
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In this paper, we examine U.S. COVID-19 deaths by day of the week. Using data from the two large US. States (Florida and Texas) that report deaths by “day of actual death,” and controlling for time trends, we show that deaths during the Monday to Friday period (the week) are 7-8 percent...
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We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … large body of literature our results suggest that unemployment increases suicide mortality, while real economic growth tends … strict employment protection regulations have a positive influence on suicide mortality. These findings indicate that labor …
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