RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Effect of Mandatory Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Foster Care Admissions
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 0918-9729R2
DO 10.3368/jhr.57.1.0918-9729R2
A1 Rania Gihleb
A1 Osea Giuntella
A1 Ning Zhang
YR 2019
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2019/12/03/jhr.57.1.0918-9729R2.abstract
AB 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%. These effects are driven by the reductions in first removals and strongest among children of young caregivers and white children.