Minority students are suspended at a disproportionately higher rate compared with others.
To reduce racial suspension gaps, four California school districts banned schools from …

This paper presents evidence of causal effects of parental education on children's health
behaviors and long-term health. I study intergenerational effects of a compulsory schooling …

The literature on school entry laws has shown that relative school starting age affects
smoking behavior and health in adolescence, yet it remains unclear whether these effects …

Smoking bans have been widely implemented, despite mixed evidence on their
effectiveness in reducing smoking prevalence. This paper provides novel insights into the …

Background: Intention to smoke is an important predictor of future smoking among
adolescents. The purpose of our study was to examine the interaction between academic …

Over the past decades, the share of very young children in daycare has increased
significantly in many OECD countries, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child …

We evaluate one of the most prevalent prohibitory policies: banning the sales of tobacco to
teens. We exploit the staggered introduction of sales bans across Switzerland and analyze …

We analyze the introduction of prescription-free access to morning-after pills—emergency
contraceptives that aim to prevent unintended pregnancy and subsequent abortion after …

Abstract The 2010 Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid eligibility to states' residents with
incomes below the federal poverty line, creating both opportunities and challenges to …

We study whether workplace smoking bans (WSBs), in addition to influencing smoking
cessation, exert behavioural spillover effects on (i) a set of health behaviours, and (ii) on …