Papers by Topic

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I. Social Insurance:

Disability Insurance Income Saves Lives (with Alexander Gelber, Alexander Strand and Zhuan Pei), December 2022. Forthcoming, Journal of Political Economy. #

The Mortality Effects of Retirement: Evidence from Social Security Eligibility at Age 62 (with Maria Fitzpatrick).  Journal of Public Economics, 157: 121-137, January 2018. #

The Effect of Disability Insurance Payments on Beneficiaries' Earnings (with Alexander Gelber and Alexander Strand).  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(3): 229-61, August 2017.

The Employment Effects of Terminating Disability Benefits. Journal of Public Economics, 104: 30-43, April 2015.

II. Illicit Drugs, Crime and Risky Behaviors:

Importing the Opioid Crisis? International Trade and Fentanyl Overdoses (with Ben Hansen and Will Olney), November 2023. Available as NBER Working Paper No. 31885.

Shaping the Habits of Teen Drivers (with Todd Morris). January 2023. Forthcoming, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 

Opioid Use, Mortality Risks and Crime: Insights from a Rapid Reduction in Heroin Supply (with Kevin Schnepel). May 2023. Conditionally accepted, Review of Economics and Statistics. Available as NBER Working Paper No. 28848.

Causes and Consequences of Illicit Drug Epidemics (with Rosalie Pacula). In David Marcotte and Klaus Zimmermann (eds.) Economics of Risky Behavior, Handbook in Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer Nature, Cham Switzerland (2021). Available as NBER Working Paper No. 29528. [Invited] 

Guns and Violence: The Enduring Impact of Crack Cocaine Markets on Young Black Males (with William Evans and Craig Garthwaite), Dec 2021. Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming. 

The White/Black Educational Gap, Stalled Progress, and the Long-term Consequences of the Emergence of Crack Cocaine Markets (with William N. Evans and Craig Garthwaite). Review of Economics and Statistics, 85(5): 832-847, 2016.

The Size and Mix of Government Spending on Illicit Drug Policy in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review, 27(4), 404-413, July 2008.

The Costs and Consequences of Three Policy Options for Reducing Heroin Dependency. (with Alison Ritter and Jonathan P. Caulkins). Drug and Alcohol Review, 26(4): 369-378, July 2007.

How Cost-of-Illness Studies Can be Made More Useful for Illicit Drug Policy Analysis (with Jonathan P. Caulkins).  Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 5(2): 75-85, June 2006.

Australian Illicit Drug Market Data: Sources and Issues.  Australian Economic Review, 39(4), 442-452, December 2006. [Invited]

II. Economic Determinants of Health:

Disability Insurance Income Saves Lives (with Alexander Gelber, Alexander Strand and Zhuan Pei). December 2022. Accepted, Journal of Political Economy. #

The Mortality Effects of Retirement: Evidence from Social Security Eligibility at Age 62 (with Maria Fitzpatrick). Journal of Public Economics, 157: 121-137, January 2018. #

Liquidity, Economic Activity, and Mortality (with William N. Evans). Review of Economics and Statistics, 94(2): 400-418, May 2012.

The Short-Term Mortality Consequences of Income Receipt. (with William N. Evans). Journal of Public Economics, 95(11-12): 1410-1424, December 2011.

IV. Miscellaneous:

Can Celebrity Endorsements Affect Political Outcomes? Evidence from the 2008 U.S. Democratic Presidential Primary  (with Craig Garthwaite). Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 29(2): 355-384, April 2013.