Do minimum wages and the EITC mitigate rising “deaths of despair?” We leverage state
variation in these policies over time to estimate event study and difference-in-differences models …

Do minimum wages and the earned income tax credit (EITC) mitigate rising “deaths of
despair?” We leverage state variation in these policies over time to estimate event study and …

Studies from the US1, 2 and Canada3, 4 have reported increasing numbers of children and
adolescents receiving treatment for eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most …

The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions may have affected children and
adolescent’s mental health adversely. We cast light on this question using primary and specialist …

This paper estimates how local conditions at the time of immigration influence later
outcomes for refugee immigrants to Norway, exploiting the quasi-experimental nature of the …

Geographic variation in health care utilization has raised concerns of possible inefficiencies
in health care supply, as differences are often not reflected in health outcomes. Using …

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND High vaccination coverage against COVID-19 limits COVID-19-related
infections, hospitalisations and deaths. Studies have shown varying vaccine …

A proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would increase the relative
minimum wage–the ratio to the national median wage--to about. 68. In Alabama and …

We study peer effects in absenteeism among workplace colleagues. Gatekeeping is an
essential task in many insurance systems. In this study we exploit exogenous shifts of general …

Background: As in other countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Norway’s immigrant
population disproportionately, with significantly higher infection rates and hospitalisations. …