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Distance to cannabis-shops and age of onset of cannabis use

Palali, Ali; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

In the Netherlands cannabis use is quasi-legalized. Small quantities of cannabis can be bought in cannabis-shops. We investigate how the distance to the nearest cannabis-shop affects the age of onset of cannabis use. We use a Mixed Proportional Hazard rate framework to take account of observable...

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Cannabis use and suicidal ideation

Fergusson, David; Horwood, John; Ours, Jan C van; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Globally, suicide has emerged as the second leading cause of death among youth aged 10-24 years old. In order to better understand the causes of this phenomenon, we investigate the relationship between suicidal ideation and cannabis use. Our empirical analysis is based on a 30 year longitudinal...

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Comparing Subjective and Objective Measures of Health: Evidence from Hypertension for the Income/Health Gradient

Johnston, David W; Propper, Carol; Shields, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Economists rely heavily on self-reported measures of health status to examine the relationship between income and health. In this paper we directly compare survey responses to a self-reported measure of health that is commonly available in nationally-representative individual and household...

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Sinking, Swimming, or Learning to Swim in Medicare Part D

Ketcham, Jonathan D.; Lucarelli, Claudio; Miravete, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Under Medicare Part D, senior citizens choose prescription drug insurance offred by numerous private insurers. We examine non-poor enrollees' actions in 2006 and 2007 using panel data. Our sample reduced overspending by $298 on average, with gains by 81% of them. The greatest improvements were...

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Why do some people want to legalize cannabis use?

Grossman, Michael; Ours, Jan C van; Williams, Jenny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Preferences and attitudes to illicit drug policy held by individuals are likely to be an important influence in the development of illicit drug policy. Amongst the key factors impacting on an individual’s preferences over substance use policy are their beliefs about the costs and benefits of...

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Extending Choice In English Health Care: The implications of the economic evidence

Burgess, Simon; Propper, Carol; Wilson, Deborah - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

health care. The review considers several interlocking aspects of the current English choice policy: competition between … hospitals, the responsiveness of patients to greater choice, the provision of information and the use of fixed prices. The paper … concludes that there is neither strong theoretical nor empirical support for competition, but that there are cases where …

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Labor market effects of sports and exercise: Evidence from Canadian panel data

Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health, and physical activity in-formation. Exploiting...

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Heterogeneous sports participation and labour market outcomes in England

Downward, Paul; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...

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Long-run Labour Market Effects of Individual Sports Activities

Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This microeconometric study analyzes the effects of individual leisure sports participation on long-term labour market variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel study...

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Mozart or Pelé? The effects of teenagers’ participation in music and sports

Cabane, Charlotte; Hille, Adrian; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this paper analyses the effects of spending part of adolescents’ leisure time on playing music or doing sports, or both. We find that while playing music fosters educational outcomes compared to doing sports, particularly so for girls and...

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