Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
    • Supplementary Material
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
    • Request JHR at your library
  • Alerts
  • Free Issue
  • Special Issue
  • Other Publications
    • UWP

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Journal of Human Resources
  • Other Publications
    • UWP
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
Journal of Human Resources

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
    • Supplementary Material
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
    • Request JHR at your library
  • Alerts
  • Free Issue
  • Special Issue
  • Follow uwp on Twitter
  • Follow JHR on Bluesky
Research ArticleArticles

The Effect of Mandatory-Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Foster Care Admissions

View ORCID ProfileRania Gihleb, View ORCID ProfileOsea Giuntella and View ORCID ProfileNing Zhang
Journal of Human Resources, January 2022, 57 (1) 217-240; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.1.0918-9729R2
Rania Gihleb
Rania Gihleb is an assistant professor of economics at University of Pittsburgh and IZA.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Rania Gihleb
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Osea Giuntella
Osea Giuntella is an assistant professor of economics at University of Pittsburgh and IZA.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Osea Giuntella
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Ning Zhang
Ning Zhang is a Ph.D. student of economics at University of Pittsburgh.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Ning Zhang
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Supplemental
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Abstract

This study estimates the effect of mandatory prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on child removals. To identify the effects of the programs on foster care admissions, we exploit the variation across states in the timing of adoption of operational and mandatory PDMPs using an event-study approach, as well as standard difference-in-difference models. We find that operational PDMP did not have any significant effects on foster care admissions. However, the introduction of mandatory provisions reduced child removals by 10 percent. These effects are driven by the reductions in first removals and are strongest among children of young caregivers and white children.

JEL Classification:
  • I10
  • J13
  • Received September 2018.
  • Accepted September 2019.
View Full Text

This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article. Access to this article can also be purchased.

Log in using your username and password

Forgot your user name or password?

Purchase access

You may purchase access to this article. This will require you to create an account if you don't already have one.
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Journal of Human Resources: 57 (1)
Journal of Human Resources
Vol. 57, Issue 1
1 Jan 2022
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
  • Back Matter (PDF)
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Journal of Human Resources.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
The Effect of Mandatory-Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Foster Care Admissions
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Journal of Human Resources
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Journal of Human Resources web site.
Citation Tools
The Effect of Mandatory-Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Foster Care Admissions
Rania Gihleb, Osea Giuntella, Ning Zhang
Journal of Human Resources Jan 2022, 57 (1) 217-240; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.1.0918-9729R2

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
The Effect of Mandatory-Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Foster Care Admissions
Rania Gihleb, Osea Giuntella, Ning Zhang
Journal of Human Resources Jan 2022, 57 (1) 217-240; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.1.0918-9729R2
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • I. Introduction
    • II. Background and Data
    • III. Empirical Specification
    • IV. Main Results
    • V. Conclusion
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • Supplemental
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Licensure Tests and Teacher Supply
  • Closing the Gap Between Vocational and General Education?
  • Crossing Borders
Show more Articles

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • I10
  • J13
UW Press logo

© 2025 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Powered by HighWire