Briggs Depew

Contact Information:

Department of Economics and Finance

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

Utah State University

3565 Old Main Hill

Logan, Utah 84322-3500

briggs.depew@usu.edu

Publications:

"Behavior responses of mandatory masking within social interactions" (with Eric Cardella and Ryan Williams) Public Choice, 2024, 1-23

"Legal access to alcohol and automobile accidents: Potential interactive effects of alcohol and drug consumption" (with Jacob Meyer) Contemporary Economic Policy, 2023, 41 (2), 338-353

"The Effect of Concealed-Carry and Handgun Restrictions on Gun-Related Deaths: Evidence from the Sullivan Act of 1911" (with Isaac Swensen) Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (646), 2118-2140

"The Decision to Carry: Understanding the Effect of Crime on Concealed-Carry Applications," (with Isaac Swensen) Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54 (4), 1121-1153

"School Starting Age and Long-Run Health in the United States," (with Grace Arnold) Health Economics, 2018, 27, 1904-1920

"Marriage and the Economic Status of Women with Children," (with Joseph Price) Review of Economics of the Household, 2018, 16 (4), 1049-1061

"Testing for the Ratchet Effect: Evidence from a Real-Effort Work Task," (with Eric Cardella) Games and Economic Behavior, 2018, 107, 182-202

"Judges, Juveniles and In-group Bias," (with Ozkan Eren and Naci Mocan) Journal of Law and Economics, 2017, 60.2, 209-239

"Test-Based Promotion Policies, Dropping Out, and Juvenile Crime," (with Ozkan Eren and Stephen Barnes) Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 153, 9-31

"Inter-Firm Mobility and Return Migration Patterns for Skilled Guest Workers," (with Peter Norlander and Todd Sorensen) Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30:2, 681-721

"Born on the Wrong Day? School Entry Age and Juvenile Crime," (with Ozkan Eren) Journal of Urban Economics, 2016, 96, 73-90

"Did the Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Mandate Increase Premiums?" (with James Bailey) Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 41, 1-14

"The Effect of State Dependent Mandate Laws on the Labor Supply Decisions of Young Adults," Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 39, 123-134

"The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on the Reported Health of Young Adults," (with Eric Cardella)  Economics Letters, 2014, 124, 406-410

"The Elasticity of Labor Supply to the Firm Over the Business Cycle,"  (with Todd Sorensen), Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 196-204

"New Deal or No Deal in the Cotton South: The Effect of the AAA on the Agriculture Labor Structure," (with Price V. Fishback and Paul W. Rhode), Explorations in Economic History, 2013, 50:4, 466-486