Can Labor Market Policies Reduce Deaths of Despair?
Can Labor Market Policies Reduce Deaths of Despair?
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102372
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发表时间:
2020-12
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Reich M
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作者:
Dow WH;Godøy A;Lowenstein C;Reich M
Do minimum wages and the EITC mitigate rising “deaths of despair?” We leverage state variation in these policies over time to estimate event study and difference-in-differences models of deaths due to drug overdose, suicide, and alcohol-related causes. Our causal models find no significant effects on drug or alcohol-related mortality, but do find significant reductions in non-drug suicides. A 10 percent minimum wage increase reduces non-drug suicides among low-educated adults by 2.7 percent; the comparable EITC figure is 3.0 percent. Placebo tests and event-study models support our causal research design. Increasing both policies by 10 percent would likely prevent a combined total of more than 700 suicides each year.
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