We show that the opioid crisis slows transitions to employment from unemployment and non-
participation. We identify the effect of the opioid crisis from cross-state variation in triplicate …

Labor force participation and employment rates have declined in the United States since the
late 1990s. An emerging literature considers the role of the opioid crisis on labor outcomes …

The areas most affected by the opioid crisis have witnessed deteriorating economic
conditions, although it is unclear if this represents a causal relationship. I provide new …

Declining economic opportunity is often portrayed as one of the drivers of the opioid
epidemic. Better employment conditions can, however, affect opioid use through two …

This chapter uses quarterly county-level data from 2006 to 2014 to examine the direction of
causality in the relationship between per capita opioid prescription rates and employment-to …

Without the opioid epidemic, American life expectancy would not have declined prior to
2020. In turn, the epidemic was sparked by the development and marketing of a new …

Without the opioid epidemic, American life expectancy would not have declined prior to
2020. The epidemic was sparked by the development and marketing of a new generation of …

We estimate the causal effects of heroin use on labor market outcomes by proxying for
heroin use with prior exposure to oxycodone, the largest of the prescription opioids with a …

The effects of the American opioid crisis have been widespread, leading to increases in
addictions, poor health outcomes, and death. We expect that these effects may vary across …

In response to the recent opioid crisis, US states have implemented several policies to
reduce the dispensing of opioids and contain drug mortality. We analyse the effectiveness of …