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Prescription Opioids and Labor Market Pains: The Effect of Schedule II Opioids on Labor Force Participation and Unemployment

Matthew C. Harris, Lawrence M. Kessler, Matthew N. Murray and Beth Glenn
Published online before print February 27, 2019, 1017-9093R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.4.1017-9093R2
Matthew C. Harris
Matthew C. Harris is an Assistant Professor in the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research and the Department of Economics in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.
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Lawrence M. Kessler
Lawrence M. Kessler is a Research Assistant Professor in the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research and the Department of Economics in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.
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Matthew N. Murray is a Professor in the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research and the Department of Economics in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.
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1017-9093R2
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.4.1017-9093R2
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  1. Matthew C. Harris,
  2. Lawrence M. Kessler⇑,
  3. Matthew N. Murray and
  4. Beth Glenn
  1. Matthew C. Harris is an Assistant Professor in the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research and the Department of Economics in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.
  2. Lawrence M. Kessler is a Research Assistant Professor in the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research and the Department of Economics in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.
  3. Matthew N. Murray is a Professor in the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research and the Department of Economics in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.
  4. Beth Glenn is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Education Research Alliance at Tulane University in New Orleans.
  1. Corresponding Author: Lkessler{at}utk.edu

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