Media Coverage
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My research has been widely sited in the press, other media and related outlets. Some examples include the following:
A Bad Economy Can Be Good For Your Health, Planet Money, November 7, 2023
Legalizing Marijuana is a Big Mistake, New York Times, May 17, 2023
COVID-19 & Economic Recession's Mortality Effects (podcast), Health Affairs, November 1, 2022
What's Tanking Confidence in the American Economy, Newsy (The Why), July 18, 2022
The COVID-19 Pandemic's Impact on US Mortality (video), National Bureau of Economic Research, December 13, 2021.
The Pandemic Changed These Business Owners Opinions About Paid Leave, MarketWatch, November 16, 2021
Biden's Paid Leave Plan at Risk as Lawmakers Look to Shrink Package, The New York Times, October 18, 2021
How to Build a Paid Family Leave Plan that Doesn't Backfire, The New York Times, September 29, 2021
How to Target Opioid Funding to the States that Need It Most, The Hill, May 17, 2021
Biden's federal paid leave plan explained in 600 words. Vox, April 23, 2021
Paid family leave in New York 'does not seem to hurt employers,' a new study finds. Market Watch, April 13, 2021
A Review of Economic Studies on the Opioid Crisis - Analysis. Eurasia Review, December 22, 2020
Texas AG Reaches Deal with 254 Counties Ahead of Global Opioid Settlement. Texas Lawyer, May 28, 2020
The false TikTok claim that high unemployment is killing more people than coronavirus. PolitFact, May 14, 2020
Fact Check: NC shut down to save lives, but are rising unemployment rates deadly too? Charlotte Observer, May 13, 2020
Between tragedies and statistics: The hard choices covid policymakers face, The Economist, April 4, 2020
Can you put a price on COVID-19 options? Experts weight lives versus economics, Science, March 31, 2020
Coronavirus Poses Dilemma for Workers Who Risk Losing Pay, Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2020
The True Cost of the Opioid Crisis, Cover2Resources, November 19, 2019
The Real Cost of the Opioid Epidemic: An Estimated $179 Billion in Just One Year, National Public Radio, October 24, 2019
How Oklahoma Would Have Spent $17 Billion to Combat the Opioid Epidemic in the State; Oklahoma Wanted $17 Billion to Fight Its Opioid Crisis. What's the Real Cost, National Public Radio, August 26, 2019
What We Talk About When We Talk About Deaths of Despair, Washington Free Beacon, June 24, 2019.
Paid Family Leave Isn't a Women's Issue; It's A Workplace Issue. Forbes, May 7, 2019
With Paid Leave, Gates Foundation Says There Can Be Too Much of a Good Thing. New York Times, January 25, 2019
How the Next Recession Could Save Lives. Nature, January 23, 2019
Why Economics Has Trouble With the Big Problems. Bloomberg, December 19, 2018
Opinion: Is Amazon's Holiday Hiring Foreshadowing the Future? The Herald News, November 20, 2018
What's Causing the Epidemic in Drug-Related Deaths Among Whites? MarketWatch, November 5, 2018
US Overdose Deaths Will Double Again in 8 Years, Scientists Predict, BuzzFeed News, September 20, 1028
New Insights Into the Long-Term Toll of Opioids, Psychology Today, June 26, 2018
Dads Want Paid Leave Too - and They Use it When the Get It, Salon, June 17, 2008
For More US Parents, Paid Family Leave Becomes Reality, Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 2018
CDC Blames Fentanyl for Spike in Opioid Deaths, Pain News Network, March 29,2018.
Statistics for National Opioid Deaths May Be Off by Up To 35 Percent, Addiction Now, March 29,2018
National Opioid Overdose Death Stats May Be Off by 35 Percent, The Fix, March 28, 2018
Omissions on Death Certificates Lead to Undercounting of Opioid Overdoses, NPR, March 22, 2018
Versions of this story have also run in: the Chicago Tribune, Fox 13 (Salt Lake City) , WFYI (Indianapolis)
Women, Economic Opportunity and Opioid Addiction, Forbes, March 22, 2018
Measuring the Toll of the Opioid Epidemic Is Tougher Than It Seems, ProPublica, March 13
The Government Has Been Undercounting Opioid Overdose Deaths Up to 35 Percent Study Says, Washington Post, March 12, 2018
Opioid Overdose Deaths May Be Underestimated, MedPage Today, March 12, 2018
Capitalisn't: O. Contin Pusher, M.D., Chicago Booth Review, March 2, 2018
The Opioid Crisis is Draining America's Workforce, CNN Money, February 22, 2018
Rise of the Anti-Opioid Algorithm, Healthcare Analytics News, February 16, 2018
The Real Cause of the Opioid Crisis, CityLab, February 14, 2018
How a Police Chief, A Governor and a Sociologist Would Spend $100 Billion to Solve the Opioid Crisis, New York Times, February 14, 2018
The Landscape of Despair, Hudson Valley One, February 4, 2018
Nobody Really Knows What is Causing the Opioid Epidemic, But Here are A Few Theories, Buzz Feed, January 29, 2018
America's Opioid Epidemic is Driven by Supply, The Economist, January 29,2018
UVA Economist: Opioid Epidemic Not Result of 'Economic Despair', The Daily Caller, January 26, 2018
Research Traces Primary Cause of Opioid Epidemic -- It's Not Despair, Medical Xpress, January 26, 2018
The US Opioid Epidemic Isn't About Despair -- It's About Supply, Quartz, January 23, 2018
Everyone Knows Rural Americans Are Overdosing on 'Despair," Right?, Daily Yonder, January 22, 2018
Economic Factors Can't Explain Opioid Addiction, Research Says, The Fix, January 18, 2018
Did Americans Turn to Opioids Out of Despair -- of Just Because The Were There, New York Magazine, January 16, 2018
Rising Opioid Deaths: Is the Cause Economic Conditions Despair or Skyrocketing Supply, Mother Jones, January 15, 2018
The Opioid Crisis: A Consequence of U.S. Economic Decline? Washington Center for Equitable Growth, January 12, 2018
Why a Better Economy Won't Stop the Opioid Epidemic, Vox, January 12, 2018
What We're Getting Wrong About 'Deaths of Despair', Market Watch, January 11, 2018
Cheap Drugs, Not Economic Woes, Drive Opioid Overdose Deaths, Paper Argues, Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2018
Supply, Not Despair Caused the Opioid Epidemic, Bloomberg View, January 10, 2018
Study: Don't Blame the Opioid Crisis on the Economy, Axios, January 9, 2018
Drug Overdose Deaths Continue to Soar, US News & World Report, December 15, 2017
Trump Aide Says Manufacturing Decline Increases Abortions, Death, and Drug Abuse, Vox, October 18, 2017
Research Suggests Economic Recovery Could Help Combat the Opioid Epidemic, WJLA Washington, October 5, 2017
The Social Life of Opioids, Scientific American, September 18, 2017
Recessions Can Actually Be Good for Your Health-Here's Why, Business Insider, September 4, 2017
The Economic Link to the Opioid Epidemic, Bloomberg News, August 24, 2017
The Federal Government is Systematically Undercounting Heroin Users, Washington Post, August 22, 2017
Teen Overdoses Doubled from 1999 to 2015, CDC Reveals, NBC News, August 16, 2017
Why Data About the Opioid Epidemic is So Unreliable, And How To Fix It, Slate, August 10, 2017
Trump Pledges Tough Law-Enforcement Response to Opioid Crisis, Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2017
Opioids May be Killing Thousands More People Each Year than We Previously Thought, Vox, August 8, 2017
Trump Holds Off Declaring a 'National Emergency' for Opioid Epidemic, Sinclair Broadcast Group, August 8, 2017
US Drug Overdose Deaths Reach New Record High, CNN, August 8, 2017
America's Opioid Crisis Worse than Reported, Killing More than 47,000 in 2014, Forbes, August 8, 2017
Federal Data Severely Underestimates Pa. and N.J. Opioid Deaths. So What? Philadelphia Inquirer, August 8, 2017
Dying from an Opioid Overdose is More Common than You Think, Time, August 7, 2017
Opioid Crisis: The Awful Arithmetic of America’s Overdoses May Have Gotten Worse, NBC News, August 7, 2017
America's Opioid Epidemic is Way Worse than We Realized, Quartz, August 7, 2017
(This study has been covered by other media outlets including: ABC News, Business Insider, Breitbart, Fox News HuffPost, Reuters, MSN, Science Daily)
Do Recessions Really Help People Live Longer, Healthier Lives? Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2017
Revised GOP Healthcare Bill Succeeds at Making Things Even Worse, Los Angeles Times, July 14 2017
STAT Forecast: Opioids could kill nearly 500,000 Americans in the Next Decade, STAT, June 27, 2017
The Link Between Opioids and Unemployment, The Atlantic, April 18, 2017
The Deadly Connection Between Prescription Painkillers and the Economy, Washington Post, March 3, 2017
American Coefficient of the Day, Marginal Revolution, March 2, 2017
Macroeconomic Conditions and Opioid Abuse, Bloomberg Markets, February 27, 2017
Opioid Deaths Rise with Unemployment, Report Says, US News and World Report, February 27, 2017
Study: Unemployment Fuels National Drug Epidemic, Breitbart, February 27, 2017
Can You Have Too Much Maternity Leave? In Europe, It's Possible, Bloomberg Markets, February 28, 2017
'Deaths of Despair' are Cutting Life Short for Some White Americans, PBS NewsHour, February 16, 2017
Drugs in Virginia: Opioid Addiction Part 1: Teen Addiction, NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, December 8, 2016
Good Times Bad for You, Recessions Good (Huh?!?), Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 14, 2016
Researchers have Debunked One of Our Most Basic Assumptions About How the World Works, Washington Post, October 14, 2016
Government Cash Handouts Won't Strengthen Families, Bloomberg View, September 7, 2016
UVA Professor: Opioid Overdose Situation Could be Worse than Thought, Daily Progress, Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 5, 2016
University of Virginia Professor Weighs in on the Economics of Obesity, WVTF-Radio IQ, August 19, 2016
Professor: Opioid Epidemic is Even Worse Than We Thought, UVA Today, August 19, 2016.
Recent Heroin Overdoses Overwhelm West Virginia City, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 18, 2016.
The Latest Overdose Outbreak Shows Just How Dangerous the Heroin Epidemic Has Gotten, Washington Post, August 17, 2016.
Are Supercenters Super-Sizing America? Newsradio Wina Z95.1, August 5, 2016.
Supercenters May Be Supersizing Americans, UVA Today, August 2, 2016.
Senate Briefing on Work and Family Policies in the United States and Canada, June 22, 2016
One Unassailable Reason We Need Paid Family Leave: It Saves Lives, Slate, May 6, 2016.
Why So Few Take Paid Parental Leave, Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2016
Is America changing its mind about paid leave for parents?, Christian Science Monitor, April 7, 2016
Training and Retention of Older Workers in Germany, NBER Digest, March 2016
Marco Rubio's Paid Family Leave Plan May Not Work. FiveThirtyEight, February 18, 2016
What Happens when both Mom and Dad can Take Paid Family Leave? PBS News Hour, February 12, 2016
When Mom and Dad Can Both Get Paid Family Leave, NBER Digest, February 2016
Family Leave Hits the Campaign Trail, Wall Street Journal, 2/5/2016
Bad Economy May Be Good for Your Health, Yahoo Finance, 12/30/2015
UVA Study Examines Paid Leave in Relation to Fatherhood, Newsplex, CBS19, 12/22/2015
Father Time, UVA Today, 12/18/2015
How Mark Zuckerberg's Example Helps Fight Stigma of Family Leave, New York Times, 12/2/2015
Zuckerberg Excluded, Not Many Men are Taking Paternity Leave, CNBC, 12/1/2015
The Ripple Effects of Mark Zuckerberg's Two-Month Paternity Leave, ThinkProgress, 11/23/2015
Economic Downturns: Bad for Your Wallet, Good for Your Health, Chicago Policy Review, 10/29/2015
Paid-Family-Leave Benefits Explained After Hillary Clinton's Statement at Democratic Debate, International Business Times, 10/15/2015
Here's One Upside to an Economic Downturn, CBS Money Watch, 10/9/2015
How Economic Downturns May Be Good for Your Health, Wall Street Journal, 10/7/2015
D.C. Introduces Paid Leave: Why 2016 Could (Finally) Be Family Leave's Election, Christian Science Monitor, 10/6/2015.
The Real War on Families: Why the U.S. Needs Paid Leave Now, In These Times, 8/18/2015.
These Six Charts Show What Austerity Did to Greek's Health, BuzzFeedNews, 7/6/2015
Mother's Day, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, 5/10/2015.
The Problems with Maternity Leave in America, Cheatsheet.com, 3/23/2015
Senator Gillibrand Announces Legislation to Provide Every American Worker with Paid Leave, Insurancenewsnet.com, 3/18/2015
The Economic Benefits of Paid Leave, New York Times, January 30, 2015
The Economy is Making You Fat, Bloomberg Business, January 28, 2015
In U.S., Support for Paid Family Leave But No One to Pay, PBS News Hour, January 22, 2015
Can the US Ever Fix Its Messed Up Maternity Leave System, Business Week, January 15, 2015
How Losing a Job Can Be Bad for Your Health, New York Times, 12/23/2014
The Value of High School Employment, Econ Focus (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond), Third Quarter 2014
Paternity Leave: The Rewards and the Remaining Stigma. New York Times, 11/7/2014
Working in High School Doesn't Payoff the Way It Used To. Bloomberg Businessweek, 9/15/2014
Early Job Experience Isn't the Payoff It Once Was. US News and World Report, 9/10/2014
A Summer Job Isn't What it Used To Be. New York Times, 9/9/2014
Tell Your Teen a Part-Time Job Means Better Earnings Later in Life. Washington Business Journal, 8/13/2014
So Family Leave Can Be To Generous? It Seems So. New York Times, 8/10/2014
Paid Leave Encourages Employees to Stay. New York Times, 7/28/2014
Do Mom's Who Work Less Have Healthier Babies? The Atlantic, 3/2014
Moms in 'Survival Mode" as U.S. Trails World on Benefits, Bloomberg News, 1/15/2014
How Paid Parental Leave Helps You, Your Newborn and the Job Market, PBS NewsHour, 1/3/2014
Boom Times Linked to Deaths in Aging Adults, USA Today, 10/9/2013
Recessions Used to Make People Live Longer. Not Anymore, Washington Post, 8/13/2013
Recessions Save Lives, New York Times, 5/29/2013
Upside of Low Employment is Longer Life, Bloomberg View, 5/28/2013
Are Recessions Good for Your Health?, National Journal, 5/13/2013
Work-Family Balance, NBER Reporter, 9/7/2012
Yahoo's Marissa Mayer and the Work-Life Dilemmas of the Rich and Famous, Washington Post, 7/20/2012
The Worse the Economy Gets, The Longer People Live, Bloomberg, 2/21/2012
Does this Recession Make Me Look Fat? Freakonomics/Market Place Radio, 2/9/2012
Is 40 Weeks the Ideal Maternity Leave Length? Slate, 12/22/2011
7 Ways the Recession is Making You Healthier, Fiscal Times, 10/25/2011
The Heirs of Creativity, Freakonomics,9/29/2011
More Than 15% of Americans Go Hungry, Marketplace Radio, 9/7/2011
Employers are saying, 'Sorry, kid, no job here', New York Post, 7/17/2011
Does Unemployment Make Us Sick, Slate, 10/1/2010
Bernie Madoff, M.D.: Is the Recession Good for Your Health, Slate, 1/7/2010
Early Data Suggest Suicides are Rising, Wall Street Journal, 11/23/2009
Recession Can Change a Way of Life, New York Times, 10/31/2009
Finding Positives in a Bad Economy, PBS NewsHour, 2/23/2009
Upside of the Downside, NBC New York, 1/26/2009.
Could the Bad Economy be Good for Your Health, CNNhealth.com, 1/24/2009
A Recession Might Be Good For Your Waistline, US News and World Report, 10/23/2088
The Downturn's Upside, New York Times, 10/18/2008
Is the Recession Good For One's Health, Herald-Mail.com, 10/13/2008
Are Bad Times Healthy, New York Times, 10/6/2008
Can a Troubled Economy Actually Improve Public Health? Los Angeles Times, 8/25/2008
The Increasing Prevalence of Obesity, NBER Digest, July 2008
Bad Times, Good Health, The Bryan Lehrer Show,4/30/2008
A Fiscal Squeeze Might Be Good For You, Marketplace Radio, 4/8/2008
The Good Recession, Boston Globe, 3/23/2008
A Healthy Economy Can Break Your Heart, NBER Digest, October 2006
Good Economic Times Can Mean Health Risk, New York Times, 5/30/2005
Does Prekindergarten Improve School Preparation and Performance, NBER Digest, March 2005
Wealth Alert for Working Mothers, BBC News, 8/19/2004
Recession is Good For You, USA Today, 2/4/2003
Parental Leave May Cut Infant Mortality Rate, USA Today, 8/99
Parental Leave Corresponds to Infant Health, Chicago Tribune, 8/5/1998
Longer Parental Leave Might Cost Less Than Day Care, Sun-Sentinel, 8/11/1998