The Effects of the Opioid Crisis on Employment
研究发现阿片类药物危机减缓了失业者和非劳动力人口向就业的转变，通过对比实施三联处方规定的州与其他州，估计该规定使就业率稳态水平提高1.1个百分点。
<h3>Abstract</h3> 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 prescribing regulations, which produced long-lasting reductions in opioid use by reducing the initial distribution of the blockbuster opioid OxyContin. Difference-in-differences estimates show that triplicate regulations induce unemployed and non-participating workers in triplicate states to return to employment about 10 percent faster than workers in non-triplicate states. These estimates imply a 1.1 percentage point higher level of employment in steady state.