Publications

Van Ours, J and J. Williams, "Health Consequences of Illicit Drugs Use", in The Encyclopedia of Health Economics . (Anthony Culyer, editor) Oxford: Elsevier, forthcoming.

Sickles RC, Williams J. (2006) "An intertemporal model of rational criminal choice", Panel data econometrics Theoretical contributions and empirical applications, pp.135 - 165.

 Bretteville-Jensen, A. L., Burdzovic Andreas, J., Williams, J., & Heradstveit, O. (2024). Treatment of substance use disorders in adolescence and early school leaving.. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/adb0001023

Palmer M., and Williams, J. (2023), “Are Employment Protection Laws for Disabled People Effective in a Low Income Country?”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Volume 71, Issue 3, pp. 1057–1092 https//doi.org/10.1086/717279

 Williams, J. and Weatherburn, D. (2022). "Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Reoffending?," The Review of Economics and Statistics, 104(2), pp 232-245

Williams, J and van Ours, J. (2020), Hazardous or Not? Early Cannabis Use, and the School to Work Transition of Young Men." Health Economics, 29 (10), pp.1148-1160. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4125.

 Ward, S. Van Ours, J.C. and Williams, J. (2020),  “,Delinquency, Arrest and Early School Leaving, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, July https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12393

 Brettville-Jensen, A.L., Williams, J. and Gjersing, L. (2020), How may alternative drug policy settings influence criminal charges? A longitudinal study of cannabis patients and a general population sample,  International Journal of Drug Policy. Aug;84 102863. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102863. PMID: 32799063.

Li, B., Sickles, R. and Williams, J. (2020) “Estimating Peer Effects on Career Choice: A Spatial Multinomial Logit Approach”, Advances in Econometrics, in: Tong Li & M. Hashem Pesaran & Dek Terrell (ed.),Essays in Honor of Cheng Hsiao, volume 41, pages 359-381, Emerald Publishing Ltd.

Palmer M., Williams, J. and McPake, B. (2018), “Standard of Living and Disability in Cambodia.”  The Journal of Development Studies, 55(11), 2382-2402 

Swami, M., Gravelle, H., Scott, A. and Williams, J. (2018), “Hours worked by general practitioners and waiting time for primary care”. Health Economics, 27(10);pp. 1513-1532 .

Williams, J., van Ours, JC., and. Grossman, M. (2016),  “Attitudes to legalizing cannabis use”  Health Economics, 25(9): pp. 1201-12-16 

Ward S. and Williams J. (2015),  "What is the Effect of Youthful Delinquency on Educational Attainment?" Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 12(4): pp. 716-756 .

Van Ours and Williams (2015), “Cannabis Use and Its Effects on Health, Education and Labour Market Success. Journal of Economic Surveys 25(9): pp. 1201-12-16 

Williams J. and Bretteville Jensen AL. (2014), " Does Liberalizing Cannabis Laws Increase Cannabis Use?" Journal of Health Economics, 36(4): pp. 20-32.

Van Ours JC, Williams J, Fergusson D, Horwood J. (2013) "Cannabis use and suicidal ideation" Journal of Health Economics, 32 (3) : pp.524 - 537.

Van Ours JC, Williams J. (2012) "The effects of cannabis use on physical and mental health" Journal of Health Economics, 31 (4) : pp.564 - 577.

Van Ours J, Williams J. (2011) "Cannabis use and mental health problems" Journal of Applied Econometrics, 26 (7) : pp.1137 - 1156.

Frijters P, Shields M, Wheatley Price S, Williams J. (2011) "Quantifying the cost of passive smoking on child health: evidence from children's cotinine samples" Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A: Statistics in Society, 174 (1) : pp.195 - 212.

Cameron L, Williams J. (2009) "Is the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Health Stronger for Older Children in Developing Countries?" Demography, 46 (2) : pp.303 - 324.

Van Ours J, Williams J. (2009) "Why parents worry: Initiation into cannabis use by youth and their educational attainment" Journal of Health Economics, 28 (1) : pp.132 - 142.

Sickles C, Williams J. (2008) "Turning from Crime" Journal of Econometrics, 145 (1) : pp.158 - 173.

Van Ours J, Williams J. (2007) "Cannabis prices and dynamics of cannabis use" Journal of Health Economics, 26 (3) : pp.578 - 596.

Williams J, Pacula RL, Chaloupka FJ, Wechsler H. (2006) "College students' use of cocaine" Substance Use and Misuse, 41 (4) : pp.489 - 509.

Williams J, Skeels C. (2006) "The impact of cannabis use on health" De Economist, 154 (4) : pp.517 - 546.

Williams J, Chaloupka FJ, Wechsler H. (2005) "Are there differential effects of price and policy on college students' drinking intensity" Contemporary Economic Policy, 23 (1) : pp.78 - 90.

Williams J. (2005) "Habit formation and college students' demand for alcohol" Health Economics, 14 (2) : pp.119 - 134.

Williams J, Pacula R, Chaloupka FJ, Wechsler H. (2004) "Alcohol and marijuana use among college students: economic complements or substitutes" Health Economics, 13 (9) : pp.825 - 843.

Williams J, Mahmoudi P. (2004) "Economic relationship between alcohol and cannabis revisited" The Economic Record, 80 (248) : pp.36 - 48.

Powell LM, Williams J, Wechsler H. (2004) "Study habits and the level of alcohol use among college students" Education Economics, 12 (2) : pp.135 - 149.

Williams J. (2004) "The effects of price and policy on marijuana use: what can be learned from the Australian experience?" Health Economics, 13 (2) : pp.123 - 137.

Kalb G R, Williams J. (2003) "Delinquency and gender" Applied Economics Letters, 10 (7) : pp.425 - 429.

Williams J, Powell LM, Wechsler H. (2003) "Does alcohol consumption reduce human capital accumulation? Evidence from the College alcohol study" Applied Economics, 35 (10) : pp.1227 - 1239.

Williams J, Sickles R C. (2002) "An Analysis of Crime as Work Model: Evidence from the 1958 Philadelphia Birth Cohort Study" Journal of Human Resources, 37 (3) : pp.479 - 509.

Cameron L A, Williams J. (2001) "Cannabis, alcohol and cigarettes: Substitutes or complements?" The Economic Record, 77 (236) : pp.19 - 34.

Williams J. (2000) "Getting tough on crime: Will it win the war?" Agenda, 7 (1) : pp.33 - 45.

Williams, J., (2016), “Economic Insight on Market Structure and Competition”, Addiction, 111(12); pp. 2094-2095

Williams, J. (2013), “The Truth about Cannabis Use”, Insights, 14: 13-19.

Sickles C, Williams J. (2008) "Special Issue editors' introduction: The Use of Econometrics in Informing Policy Makers"Journal of Econometrics, 145 (1) : pp.1 - 3.

Williams, J., Pacula, R., Chaloupka, F.J. and H. Wechsler (2006), “Limits of Current Economic Analysis of the Demand for Illicit Drugs,” Substance Use and Misuse, 41(4): 607-609 .

Williams, J. (2000), “Book Review of A. Colin Cameron and Pravin K. Trivedi, Regression Analysis of Count Data,” Economic Record, 76(233): 216-218 .