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Working Papers

vape pen flavor catridgeThe Effect of E-Cigarette Flavor Bans on Tobacco Use
Chad Cotti, Charles Courtemanche, Yang Liang, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Erik Nessen, and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2024502, May 23, 2024

outside liquor storeDo E-Cigarette Retail Licensure Laws Reduce Tobacco Use?
Charles Courtemanche, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Joseph J. Sabia, Yang Liang, and Caterina Muratori
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2024501, May 9, 2024

person lighting a jointThe Effect of E-cigarette Taxes on Substance Use
Dhaval Dave, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Joseph J. Sabia, Yang Liang, and Caterina Muratori
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2024401, April 5, 2024

people smoking a jointRecreational Marijuana Laws and Racial Disparities: Evidence from Criminal Arrests, Psychological Health, and Mortality
Zachary S. Fone, Gokhan Kumpas,  and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2023501, May 13, 2023

person typing on laptopLeadership & Gender Composition in Managerial Positions: Evidence from the Brazilian Public Sector
Thiago de Lucena
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2023406, April 29, 2023

shiping dockFollow Thy Neighbor: The Role of First Exporters
Hao Fe, Yang Liang, and Mary E. Lovely
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2023405, April 29, 2023

cargo shipPreferential Liberalization: China’s Foreign Investment: Regulation Reform and its Post-WTO-Accession Export Surge
Yang Liang, Mary E. Lovely, and Hongsheng Zhang
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2023404, April 29, 2023

coffee shop workerMinimum Wages and Poverty: New Evidence from Dynamic Difference-in-Differences Estimates
Richard V. Burkhauser, Drew McNichols, and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2023403, April 7, 2023

ultrasoundDoes Physician Conscience-Based Refusal to Perform Abortions Increase Self-Induced Abortion? Evidence from Italian Provinces
Caterina Muratori
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2023402, April 3, 2023

student working on laptopA Lost Generation? Impact of COVID-19 on High School Students’ Achievements
Dalit Contini, Maria Laura Di Tommaso, Caterina Muratori, Daniela Piazzalunga, Lucia Schiavon
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2023401, April 3, 2023

close up of military uniformHow Do Combat Deployments Affect Veterans’ Health and Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence from the U.S. Army
Joseph J. Sabia and William L. Skimmyhorn
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2023101, January 26, 2023

two womenIs TRAP a Trap? The Impact of Abortion Access on Violence Against Women
Caterina Muratori
CHEPS Working Paper No. 20221204, December 30, 2022

seatbeltMandatory Seatbelt Laws and Traffic Fatalities: A Reassessment
D. Mark Anderson, Yang Liang, and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 20221203, December 30, 2022

desks in empty classroomIn-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide: Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures
Benjamin Hansen, Joseph J. Sabia, and Jessamyn Schaller
CHEPS Working Paper No. 20221202, December 30, 2022

marijuan loose in glass jarThe Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on Employment and Earnings
Dhaval M. Dave, Yang Liang, Caterina Muratori, and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 20221201, December 30, 2022

broken car windshieldCan Anti-Vaping Policies Curb Drinking Externalities? Evidence From E-Cigarette Taxation and Traffic Fatalities
Dhaval M. Dave, Yang Liang, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Joseph J. Sabia, and Matthew Braaksma
CHEPS Working Paper No. 20221101, November 17, 2022

bottles of beerDo Vertical ID Laws Curb Teenage Drinking and Smoking? A Reconsideration
Russell S. Leonard and Joseph J. Sabia 
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2022901, September 15, 2022

man smokingHave Recreational Marijuana Laws Undermined Public Health Progress on Adult Tobacco Use?
Dhaval Dave, Yang Liang, Michael F. Pesko, Serena Phillips, and Joseph J. Sabia 
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2022102, January 27, 2022

woman helping child with school work on computerSchools, Job Flexibility, and Married Women's Labor Supply: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic
Benjamin Hansen, Joseph J. Sabia, and Jessamyn Schaller
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2022101, January 13, 2022

pregancy testMinimum Wages and Teenage Childbearing: New Estimates Using a Dynamic Difference-in-Differences Approach
Daniel I. Rees, Joseph J. Sabia, Rebecca Margolit
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2021901, September 30, 2021

e-cigaretteIntended and Unintended Effects of E-cigarette Taxes on Youth Tobacco Use
Rahi Abouka, Charles Courtemanche, Dhaval Dave, Bo Feng, Abigail S. Friedman, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Michael F. Pesko, Joseph J. Sabia, Samuel Safford
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2021801, August 30, 2021

person rolling a jointIs Recreational Marijuana a Gateway to Harder Drug Use and Crime?
Joseph J. Sabia, Dhaval Dave, Fawaz Alotaibi, and Daniel I. Rees
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2021701, July 15, 2021

person receiving a vaccineStatewide Reopening During Mass Vaccination: Evidence on Mobility, Public Health and Economic Activity from Texas
Dhaval Dave, Samuel Saffiord, and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2021502, May 17, 2021

gun on top of moneyHave U.S. Gun Buyback Programs Misfired?
Toshio Ferrazares, Joseph J. Sabia, and D. Mark Anderson
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2021501, May 10, 2021

Capital riotPolitical Violence, Risk Aversion, and Non-Localized Disease Spread: Evidence from the U.S. Capitol Riot
Dhaval Dave, Drew McNichols, and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2021201, February 12, 2021

US/Mexico border wallBorder Walls and Crime: Evidence from the Secure Fence Act
Ryan Abman and Hisham Foad
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2021102, January 14, 2021

brocken windowHow Bad Is Crime for Business? Evidence from Consumer Behavior
Hao Fe and Viviane Sanfelice
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2021101, January 7, 2021


The More the Poorer? Resource Sharing and Scale Economies in Large Families
Rossella Calvi, Jacob Penglase, Denni Tommasi, Alexander Wolf
CHEPS Working Paper No. 20201203, December 17, 2020 

Less Pain, More Gain? The Effect of Exports on Workplace Safety
Ling Li and Yang Liang
CHEPS Working Paper No. 20201202, December 7, 2020

Do State Tobacco 21 Laws Work?
Calvin Bryan, Benjamin Hansen, Drew McNichols, Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 20201201, December 3, 2020

Long-Run Effects of the Affordable Care Act: A Pre-Committed Research Design Over the COVID-19 Recession and Recovery
Jeffrey Clemens, Drew McNichols, and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 20201001, October 27, 2020 

Later Onset, Fewer Deaths from COVID
Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll and Shoshana Grossbard
CHEPS Comment No. 2020-001, October 27, 2020 

More Sports, Less Crime: Title IX Reduced Female Arrests
Drew McNichols, Joseph J. Sabia, and Gokhan Kumpas
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2020902, September 18, 2020

The Contagion Externality of a Superspreading Event: The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and COVID-19
Dhaval Dave, Andrew Friedson, Drew McNichols, and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2020901, September 5, 2020

Anti-Bullying Laws and Youth Risky Health Behaviors
Alicia Marquez and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2020801, August 18, 2020

Post-9/11 War Deployments Increased Crime among Veterans
Resul Cesur, Joseph J. Sabia , and Erdal Tekin
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2020702, July 21, 2020

Risk Aversion, Offsetting Community Effects, and COVID-19: Evidence from an Indoor Political Rally
Dhaval Dave, Andrew Friedson, Kyu Matsuzawa, Drew McNichols, Connor Redpath, and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2020701, July 9, 2020

Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19
Dhaval Dave, Andrew Friedson, Kyu Matsuzawa, Joseph J. Sabia, and Samuel Safford
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2020601, June 12, 2020

Did the Wisconsin Supreme Court Restart a COVID-19 Epidemic? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Dhaval Dave, Andrew Friedson, Kyu Matsuzawa, Drew McNichols, and Joseph J. Sabia
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2020502, May 28, 2020

Were Urban Cowboys Enough to Control COVID-19?  Local Shelter-in-Place Orders and Coronavirus Case Growth
Dhaval Dave, Andrew Friedson, Kyu Matsuzawa, Joseph J. Sabia, and Samuel Safford
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2020501, May 15, 2020

When Do Shelter-in-Place Orders Fight COVID-19 Best? Policy Heterogeneity Across States and Adoption Time
Joseph J. Sabia, Andrew Friedson, Kyu Matsuzawa, and Dhaval Dave
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2020402, April 20, 2020

Did California’s Shelter in Place Order Work? Early Evidence on Coronavirus-Related Health Benefits
Andrew Friedson, Drew McNichols, Joseph J. Sabia, and Dhaval Dave
CHEPS Working Paper No. 2020401, April 10, 2020

Adult Medicaid Benefit Generosity and Receipt of Recommended Health Services among Low-income Children: The Spillover Effects of Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage Expansions
Brandy J. Lipton
CHEPS Working Paper No. 041919, April 2019 

Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides
D. Mark Anderson, Joseph J. Sabia, and Erdal Tekin 
NBER Working Paper No. 25209 , November 2018
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Death, Trauma and God: The Effect of Military Deployments on Religiosity
Resul Cesur, Travis Freidman, Joseph J. Sabia
NBER Working Paper No. 24954, August 2018

War! What Is It Good For? The Effects of Combat Service on Economic Transitions of Veterans
Joseph J. Sabia, William Skimmyhorn
ESSPRI Working Paper No. 20181, May 2018

The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Earnings
Joseph J. Sabia, Thanh Tam Nguyen. 
CHEPS Working Paper No.080817, August 2017 

Minimum Cash Wages, Tipped Restaurant Workers, and Poverty
Joseph J. Sabia, Richard V. Burkhauser, Taylor Mackay. 
CHEPS Working Paper No.080917, August 2017 

With a Little Help from My Friends: The Effects of Naloxone Access and Good Samaritan Laws on Opioid-Related Deaths
Daniel I. Rees, Joseph J. Sabia, Laura M. Argys, Joshua Latshaw, Dhaval Dave. 
 NBER Working Paper No. 23171, February 2017 

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Medical Marijuana Laws and Tobacco Use
Anna Choi, Dhaval Dave, Joseph J. Sabia 
NBER Working Paper No. 22554, August 2016

Child Access Prevention Laws, Youth Gun Carrying, and School Shootings
D. Mark Anderson, Joseph J. Sabia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9830, March 2016

Do Anti-Bullying Laws Reduce Youth Violence?
Joseph J. Sabia, Brittany Bass
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9201, July 2015

Cigarette Taxes and Youth Smoking: Updated Estimates Using YRBS Data 
Benjamin Hansen, Joseph J. Sabia, Daniel I. Rees
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9144, June 2015