TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of Mandatory Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Foster Care Admissions JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour DO - 10.3368/jhr.57.1.0918-9729R2 SP - 0918-9729R2 AU - Rania Gihleb AU - Osea Giuntella AU - Ning Zhang Y1 - 2019/12/06 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2019/12/03/jhr.57.1.0918-9729R2.abstract N2 - 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. ER -