Working Papers
Civil Rights Protests and Election Outcomes: Exploring the Effects of the Poor People's Campaign, with Kerwin Charles, Krzysztof Karbownik, Daniel Rees, and Camila Steffens. 2024. Also available as NBER Working Paper.
Safeguarding Consumers Through Minimum Quality Standards: Milk Inspections and Urban Mortality, 1880-1910, with Kerwin Charles, Michael McKelligott, and Daniel Rees. 2023. Also available as NBER Working Paper. Revise and resubmit at Journal of Human Resources.
Have U.S. Gun Buyback Programs Misfired?, with Toshio Ferrazares and Joseph Sabia. 2022. Also available as NBER Working Paper. Revise and resubmit at Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
-In public media: NBC Philadelphia, Reason, CNN, Houston Chronicle, Virginia Public Radio, Pew
Publications
Imposing Policy on Reluctant Actors: The Hospital Desegregation Campaign and Black Postneonatal Mortality in the Deep South, with Kerwin Charles and Daniel Rees. Forthcoming at Review of Economics and Statistics. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
-In public media: Yale Insights
Recreational Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use, 1993-2021, with Hao Fe, Yang Liang, and Joseph Sabia. 2024. JAMA Psychiatry, doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.0698.
-In public media: Contemporary Pediatrics, NORML
Mandatory Seatbelt Laws and Traffic Fatalities: A Reassessment, with Yang Liang and Joseph Sabia. 2024. Journal of Applied Econometrics. 39: 513-521. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
The Effects of Becoming a Physician on Prescription Drug Use and Mental Health Treatment, with Ron Diris, Raymond Montizaan, and Daniel Rees. 2023. Journal of Health Economics. 91: 102774. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
-In public media: Vox EU
The Public Health Effects of Legalizing Marijuana, with Daniel Rees. 2023. Journal of Economic Literature, 61: 86-143. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
-In public media: Washington Post, KBZK, Inlander, Reason
Rear-Facing Child Safety Seat Effectiveness: Evidence from Motor Vehicle Crash Data, with Ridge Peterson. 2023. Injury Prevention, doi: 10.1136/ip-2022-044815.
Re-Examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality, with Kerwin Charles and Daniel Rees. 2022. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 14: 126-157. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
-In public media: IZA Newsroom
Re-Examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality: Reply to Cutler and Miller, with Kerwin Charles and Daniel Rees. 2022. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 14: 166-169. Earlier version available as IZA Discussion Paper.
Estimating the Effects of Milk Inspections on Infant and Child Mortality, 1880-1910, with Kerwin Charles, Michael McKelligott, and Daniel Rees. 2022. American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 112: 188-192. Also available as NBER Working Paper.
Marriage Equality Laws and Youth Mental Health, with Kyutaro Matsuzawa and Joseph Sabia. 2021. Journal of Law and Economics, 64: 29-51. Earlier versions available as NBER Working Paper.
Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides, with Joseph Sabia and Erdal Tekin. 2021. Journal of Urban Economics, 126: 103387. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
-In public media: NBER Digest
Water Purification Efforts and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap, 1906-1938, with Kerwin Charles, Daniel Rees, and Tianyi Wang. 2021. Journal of Urban Economics, 122: 103329. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
Association of Marijuana Legalization With Marijuana Use Among U.S. High School Students, 1993-2019, with Daniel Rees, Joseph Sabia, and Samuel Safford. 2021. JAMA Network Open, 4: e2124638.
Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health: Evidence from Early Midwifery Laws, with Ryan Brown, Kerwin Charles, and Daniel Rees. 2020. Journal of Political Economy, 128: 4337-4383. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
-In public media: NBER Digest
The Phenomenon of Summer Diarrhea and its Waning, 1910-1930, with Daniel Rees and Tianyi Wang. 2020. Explorations in Economic History, 78: 101341. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
Cigarette Taxes and Teen Marijuana Use, with Kyutaro Matsuzawa and Joseph Sabia. 2020. National Tax Journal, 73: 475-510. Also available as NBER Working Paper.
Do Economic Downturns Fuel Racial Animus?, with Benjamin Crost and Daniel Rees. 2020. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 175: 9-18.
Challenging the Association of Marijuana Laws with Teen Marijuana Use - Reply, with Daniel Rees and Joseph Sabia. 2020. JAMA Pediatrics, 174: 99-100.
Was the First Public Health Campaign Successful? The Tuberculosis Movement and its Effect on Mortality, with Kerwin Charles, Claudio Las Heras Olivares, and Daniel Rees. 2019. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2: 143-175. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
-In public media: AEA Research Highlights
Association of Marijuana Laws With Teen Marijuana Use: New Estimates from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, with Benjamin Hansen, Daniel Rees, and Joseph Sabia. 2019. JAMA Pediatrics, 173: 879-881.
-In public media: CNN, BBC, CNBC, NBC, ABC, U.S. News, Forbes, Yahoo!, Chicago Tribune
-JAMA Pediatrics Top Ten "Most Talked About Article" of 2019
Are Booster Seats More Effective than Child Safety Seats or Seat Belts at Reducing Traffic Fatalities among Children?, with Sina Sandholt. 2019. American Journal of Health Economics, 5: 42-64.
-In public media: Science Daily, Phys.org
Child Access Prevention Laws, Youth Gun Carrying, and School Shootings, with Joseph Sabia. 2018. Journal of Law and Economics, 61: 489-524. Earlier version available as IZA Discussion Paper.
Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments, and Violent Crime, with Benjamin Crost and Daniel Rees. 2018. Economic Journal, 128: 1333-1366. Earlier version available as IZA Discussion Paper.
Medical Marijuana Laws and Workplace Fatalities in the United States, with Daniel Rees and Erdal Tekin. 2018. International Journal of Drug Policy, 60: 33-39.
Booster Seat Effectiveness among Older Children: Evidence from Washington State, with Lindsay Carlson and Daniel Rees. 2017. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 53: 210-215.
-In public media: Medscape
The Effect of Parental Involvement Laws on Teen Birth Control Use, with Joseph Sabia. 2016. Journal of Health Economics, 45: 55-62.
Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime, with Daniel Rees. 2015. Journal of Law and Economics, 58: 235-267. Earlier version available as IZA Discussion Paper.
Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use, with Benjamin Hansen and Daniel Rees. 2015. American Law and Economics Review, 17: 495-528. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
-In public media: Forbes, CBS News, Wall Street Journal
The Meth Project and Teen Meth Use: New Estimates from the National and State Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, with David Elsea. 2015. Health Economics, 24: 1644-1650.
Does Shortening the School Week Impact Student Performance? Evidence from the Four-Day School Week, with Mary Beth Walker. 2015. Education Finance and Policy, 10: 314-349.
-In public media: The Today Show, New York Magazine, Huffington Post, Inverse
Per Se Drugged Driving Laws and Traffic Fatalities, with Daniel Rees. 2015. International Review of Law and Economics, 42: 122-134. Earlier version available as IZA Discussion Paper.
Youth Depression and Future Criminal Behavior, with Resul Cesur and Erdal Tekin. 2015. Economic Inquiry, 53: 294-317. Earlier version available as NBER Working Paper.
In School and Out of Trouble? The Minimum Dropout Age and Juvenile Crime. 2014. Review of Economics and Statistics, 96: 318-331.
Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicides by Gender and Age, with Daniel Rees and Joseph Sabia. 2014. American Journal of Public Health, 104: 2369-2376. Earlier version available as IZA Discussion Paper.
-Response to Harris, Humphreys, and Finney
The Legalization of Recreational Marijuana: How Likely is the Worst-Case Scenario?, with Daniel Rees. 2014. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33: 221-232.
-In public media: New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Forbes
The Role of Dispensaries: The Devil is in the Details, with Daniel Rees. 2014. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33: 235-240.
High School Dropouts and Sexually Transmitted Infections, with Claus Portner. 2014. Southern Economic Journal, 81: 113-134.
Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption, with Benjamin Hansen and Daniel Rees. 2013. Journal of Law and Economics, 56: 333-369. Earlier version available as IZA Discussion Paper.
-In public media: VICE, Popular Science, Wall Street Journal, ABC News
The Minimum Dropout Age and Student Victimization," with Benjamin Hansen and Mary Beth Walker. 2013. Economics of Education Review, 35: 66-74.
The Impact of HIV Education on Behavior among Youths: A Propensity Score Matching Approach. 2013. Contemporary Economic Policy, 31: 503-527.
Does Information Matter? The Effect of the Meth Project on Meth Use among Youths. 2010. Journal of Health Economics, 29: 732-742.
Estimating the Economic Value of Ice Climbing in Hyalite Canyon: An Application of Travel Cost Count Data Models that Account for Excess Zeros. 2010. Journal of Environmental Management, 91: 1012-1020.
