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The effect of prenatal stress on birth weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada
Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I. - 2011
of stress, on pregnancy outcomes. Drawing on data from the 2004 Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, we examine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278323
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Cigarette taxes and the social market
Hansen, Benjamin; Sabia, Joseph J.; Rees, Daniel I. - 2011
Previous researchers have argued that the social market for cigarettes insulates its participants from policies designed to curb youth smoking. Using state Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, we examine whether recent changes in state cigarette taxes affected how young smokers obtained their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278401
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The effect of prenatal stress on birth weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada
Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I. - 2011
of stress, on pregnancy outcomes. Drawing on data from the 2004 Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, we examine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286056
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High on life? Medical marijuana laws and suicide
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012
Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286865
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Migraine headache and labor market outcomes
Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012
outcomes. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effect of migraine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291413
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Per se drugged driving laws and traffic fatalities
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I. - 2012
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) recently announced a goal of reducing drugged driving by 10 percent within three years. In an effort to achieve this goal, ONDCP is encouraging all states to adopt per se drugged driving laws, which make it illegal to operate a motor vehicle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291451
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The Phenomenon of Summer Diarrhea and Its Waning, 1910-1930
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I.; Wang, Tianyi - 2019
eventually controlled through public health efforts at the municipal level. Using data from 26 major American cities for the …, but does not seem to have had an effect on diarrheal mortality during the summer. In general, we find little evidence to … suggest that public health interventions undertaken at the municipal level contributed to the dissipation of summer diarrhea …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005933
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Cigarette Taxes and Smoking in the Long Run
Friedson, Andrew I.; Rees, Daniel I. - 2020
Researchers have focused on the contemporaneous relationship between cigarette taxes and smoking, while the longer-run effects of cigarette taxes have received little attention. Using individual-level panel data from 1970-2017, we estimate the effects of cigarette taxes experienced as a teenager...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269930
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Cigarette Taxes, Smoking, and Health in the Long Run
Friedson, Andrew; Li, Moyan; Meckel, Katherine; Rees, … - 2021
Medical experts have argued forcefully that using cigarettes harms health, prompting the adoption of myriad anti …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012657938
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Cigarette Taxes, Smoking, and Health in the Long Run
Friedson, Andrew I.; Li, Moyan; Meckel, Katherine; … - 2021
Medical experts have argued forcefully that using cigarettes harms health, prompting the adoption of myriad anti …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658223