That instrument is lousy! In search of agreement when using instrumental variables estimation in substance use research

MT French, I Popovici - Health economics, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
The primary statistical challenge that must be addressed when using cross‐sectional data to
estimate the consequences of consuming addictive substances is the likely endogeneity of …

The global economic burden of alcohol: a review and some suggestions

B Baumberg - Drug and alcohol review, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Economic arguments for acting for health are increasingly important for policymakers, yet to
date there has been no consideration of the likely economic burden of alcohol on the global …

The physical and psychological well-being of immigrant children

KM Perreira, IJ Ornelas - The Future of Children, 2011‏ - JSTOR
Poor childhood health contributes to lower socioeconomic status in adulthood.
Subsequently, low socioeconomic status among parents contributes to poor childhood …

The effects of alcohol use on academic achievement in high school

AI Balsa, LM Giuliano, MT French - Economics of education review, 2011‏ - Elsevier
This paper examines the effects of alcohol use on high school students' quality of learning.
We estimate fixed-effects models using data from the National Longitudinal Study of …

Prescription opioids and labor market pains: the effect of schedule II opioids on labor force participation and unemployment

MC Harris, LM Kessler, MN Murray… - Journal of Human …, 2020‏ - jhr.uwpress.org
We examine the effect of prescription opioids on county labor market outcomes, using data
from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs of ten US states and labor data from the …

Delinquency and the structure of adolescent peer groups

DA Kreager, K Rulison, J Moody - Criminology, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Gangs and group‐level processes were once central phenomena for criminological theory
and research. By the mid‐1970s, however, gang research primarily was displaced by …

[کتاب][B] Paying the tab: The costs and benefits of alcohol control

PJ Cook - 2011‏ - degruyter.com
What drug provides Americans with the greatest pleasure and the greatest pain? The
answer, hands down, is alcohol. The pain comes not only from drunk driving and lost lives …

Consequences of receipt of a psychiatric diagnosis for completion of college

J Hunt, D Eisenberg, AM Kilbourne - Psychiatric Services, 2010‏ - psychiatryonline.org
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the independent as-sociations between
DSM-IV psychiatric disorders and the failure to complete college among college entrants …

Education, alcohol use and abuse among young adults in Britain

MC Huerta, F Borgonovi - Social science & medicine, 2010‏ - Elsevier
In this article we explore the relationship between education and alcohol consumption. We
examine whether the probability of abusing alcohol differs across educational groups. We …

Estimating demand for primary care‐based treatment for substance and alcohol use disorders

CL Barry, AJ Epstein, DA Fiellin, L Fraenkel… - …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims While there is broad recognition of the high societal costs of
substance use disorders (SUD), treatment rates are low. We examined whether, in the …