The current article summarizes the results of a comprehensive review of the international
research published between 1990 and 2010. The research was focused on the prevalence …

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the restaurant industry and employees in
the worst possible way. This empirical study aims to examine the relationships between …

The primary statistical challenge that must be addressed when using cross‐sectional data to
estimate the consequences of consuming addictive substances is the likely endogeneity of …

The paper focuses on two estimation methods that have been widely used to address
endogeneity in empirical research in health economics and health services research—two …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and
poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable …

There is growing interest in crime prevention through early youth interventions; yet, the
standard United States response to the crime problem, particularly among juveniles, has …

Background The economic shock of 2008–2009 provided an opportunity to study the
robustness of observed statistical associations between unemployment and problematic …

This paper examines how the recent transition of the opioid crisis from prescription opioids
to more prevalent misuse of illicit opioids, such as heroin and fentanyl, altered labor supply …

This paper explores the relationship between adolescent marijuana use and school
attendance. Data were pooled from the 1997 and 1998 National Household Surveys on …

BACKGROUND: The relationship between serious drug involvement and risk for
unemployment is well recognized, but few studies have prospectively examined this …