sample of publications

• articles 

  • The effects of becoming a physician on prescription drug use and mental health treatment.  JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS.  91. 2023
  • Cigarette taxes, smoking, and health in the long run.  JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS.  222. 2023
  • Association Between State Antibullying Policies and Suicidal Behaviors Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Youth.  JAMA Pediatrics.  177. 2023
  • Terrorism and political attitudes: Evidence from European social surveys.  REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS.  99:1-20. 2023
  • The Public Health Effects of Legalizing Marijuana.  JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE.  61. 2023
  • Recreational marijuana laws and the misuse of prescription opioids: Evidence from National Survey on Drug Use and Health microdata.  Health Economics (United Kingdom).  32:277-301. 2023
  • Terror attacks and election outcomes in Europe, 1970-2017.  ECONOMICS LETTERS.  219:110770-1-110770-9. 2022
  • Anti-Bullying Laws and Suicidal Behaviors Among Teenagers.  JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT.  41:787-823. 2022
  • Reexamining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality: Reply.  American Economic Journal-Applied Economics.  14:166-169. 2022
  • Association of Marijuana Legalization with Marijuana Use among US High School Students, 1993-2019.  JAMA Network Open.  4:1-4. 2021
  • The Effects of Professor Gender on the Postgraduation Outcomes of Female Students.  ILR Review.  75:693-715. 2021
  • Water purification efforts and the black-white infant mortality gap, 1906-1938.  JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS.  122:1-8. 2021
  • Challenging the Association of Marijuana Laws with Teen Marijuana Use - Reply.  JAMA Pediatrics.  174:99-100. 2020
  • Do economic downturns fuel racial animus?.  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.  175:9-18. 2020
  • Narrow Incumbent Victories and Post-Election Conflict: Evidence from the Philippines.  WORLD BANK ECONOMIC REVIEW.  34:767-789. 2020
  • Occupational licensing and maternal health: Evidence from early midwifery laws.  JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.  128:4337-4383. 2020
  • The phenomenon of summer diarrhea and its waning, 1910-1930¿.  EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY.  78. 2020
  • Association of Ambulance Use in New York City with the Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  JAMA Network Open.  1-9. 2019
  • Association of Marijuana Laws with Teen Marijuana Use: New Estimates from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys.  JAMA Pediatrics.  173:879-881. 2019
  • The affordable care act and ambulance response times.  JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS.  67. 2019
  • Was the first public health campaign successful?.  American Economic Journal-Applied Economics.  11:143-175. 2019
  • With a little help from my friends: The effects of good samaritan and naloxone access laws on opioid-related deaths.  JOURNAL OF LAW & ECONOMICS.  62:1-27. 2019
  • Climate change, agricultural production and civil conflict: Evidence from the Philippines.  JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT.  88:379-395. 2018
  • Medical marijuana laws and workplace fatalities in the United States.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY.  60:33-39. 2018
  • Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments and Violent Crime.  ECONOMIC JOURNAL.  128:1333-1366. 2018
  • Booster Seat Effectiveness Among Older Children: Evidence From Washington State.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.  53:210-215. 2017
  • Economic conditions, illicit drug use, and substance use disorders in the United States.  JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS.  52:63-73. 2017
  • Have cigarette taxes lost their bite? New estimates of the relationship between cigarette taxes and youth smoking.  American Journal of Health Economics.  3:60-75. 2017
  • It's just a game: The Super Bowl and low birth weight.  JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES.  52:946-978. 2017
  • Anderson et al. respond.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.  105:e8-e9. 2015
  • Body weight, mental health capital, and academic achievement.  Review of Economics of the Household.  13:653-684. 2015
  • Medical marijuana laws and teen marijuana use.  American Law and Economics Review.  17:495-528. 2015
  • Migraine headache and labor market outcomes.  Health Economics (United Kingdom).  24:659-671. 2015
  • Per se drugged driving laws and traffic fatalities.  INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF LAW AND ECONOMICS.  42:122-134. 2015
  • Medical marijuana laws and suicides by gender and age.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.  104:2369-2376. 2014
  • National trends and outcomes of pediatric gastrostomy tube placement.  JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION.  59:582-588. 2014
  • Seasonality in birth defects, agricultural production and urban location.  Economics and Human Biology.  15:120-128. 2014
  • The influence of deductible health plans on receipt of the human papillomavirus vaccine series.  Journal of Adolescent Health.  54:275-281. 2014
  • The kid's speech: The effect of stuttering on human capital acquisition.  ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW.  38:76-88. 2014
  • The legalization of recreational marijuana: How likely is the worst-case scenario?.  JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT.  33:221-232. 2014
  • The role of dispensaries: The devil is in the details.  JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT.  33:235-240. 2014
  • The trade-off between family size and child health in rural Bangladesh.  Eastern Economic Journal.  40:71-95. 2014
  • Cigarette Taxes and how Youths Obtain cigarettes.  NATIONAL TAX JOURNAL.  66:371-393. 2013
  • Forced intercourse, mental Health, and human capital.  SOUTHERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL.  80:324-344. 2013
  • Medical marijuana laws, traffic fatalities, and alcohol consumption.  JOURNAL OF LAW & ECONOMICS.  56:333-369. 2013
  • The effect of parental involvement laws on youth suicide.  ECONOMIC INQUIRY.  51:620-636. 2013
  • The minimum legal drinking age and marijuana use: New estimates from the NLSY97.  JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS.  32:474-476. 2013
  • Armed conflict and birth weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada.  JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS.  99:190-199. 2012
  • Body weight and wages: Evidence from Add Health.  Economics and Human Biology.  10:14-19. 2012
  • Boys will be boys: Are there gender differences in the effect of sexual abstinence on schooling?.  Health Economics (United Kingdom).  20:287-305. 2011
  • Does the number of sex partners affect educational attainment? Evidence from female respondents to the Add Health.  JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS.  25:89-118. 2011
  • Individual heterogeneity and reverse causality in the relationship between migraine headache and educational attainment.  ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW.  30:913-923. 2011
  • Introduction to the Special Issue on Education and Health.  ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW.  30:775-777. 2011
  • Older siblings and adolescent risky behavior: Does parenting play a role?.  JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS.  24:957-978. 2011
  • Outcomes of laparoscopic versus open fundoplication in children's hospitals: 2005-2008.  PEDIATRICS.  127:872-880. 2011
  • The effect of body weight on adolescent sexual activity.  Health Economics (United Kingdom).  20:1330-1348. 2011
  • The effect of migraine headache on educational attainment.  JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES.  46:317-332. 2011
  • Body weight and smoking initiation: Evidence from Add Health.  JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS.  29:774-777. 2010
  • Exercise and adolescent mental health: new evidence from longitudinal data.  Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics.  13:13. 2010
  • Exercise and adolescent mental health: new evidence from longitudinal data.  Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics.  13:13. 2010
  • Sports participation and academic performance: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.  ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW.  29:751-759. 2010
  • A head above the rest: Height and adolescent psychological well-being.  Economics and Human Biology.  7:217-228. 2009
  • College football games and crime.  Journal of Sports Economics.  10:68-87. 2009
  • The effect of breast feeding on educational attainment : Evidence from sibling data.  Journal of Human Capital.  3:43-72. 2009
  • The effect of sexual abstinence on females' educational attainment.  DEMOGRAPHY.  46:695-715. 2009
  • The effect of substance use on the delinquent behaviour of adolescents.  APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS.  16:1721-1729. 2009
  • Birth order and participation in school sports and other extracurricular activities.  ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW.  27:354-362. 2008
  • Searching for peer group effects: A test of the contagion hypothesis.  REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS.  90:442-458. 2008
  • The effect of adolescent virginity status on psychological well-being.  JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS.  27:1368-1381. 2008
  • Youth smoking and addiction: Evaluating the wisdom and efficacy of government intervention.  Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.  8:213-217. 2008