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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.
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Osea Giuntella
Osea Giuntella is an assistant professor of economics at University of Pittsburgh and IZA.
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Ning Zhang
Ning Zhang is a Ph.D. student of economics at University of Pittsburgh.
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