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1.	Anderson, D. Mark Hansen, Benjamin Rees, Daniel I.
1.	Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use IZA Discussion Paper No. 6592 [Rev.], Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), September 2012. Also: http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=6592 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Drug Use; Legislation; Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. While at least a dozen state legislatures are considering bills to allow the consumption of marijuana for medicinal purposes, the federal government has recently intensified its efforts to close medical marijuana dispensaries. Federal officials contend that the legalization of medical marijuana encourages teenagers to use marijuana and have targeted dispensaries operating within 1,000 feet of schools, parks and playgrounds. Using data from the national and state Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and the Treatment Episode Data Set, we estimate the relationship between medical marijuana laws and marijuana use. Our results are not consistent with the hypothesis that legalization leads to increased use of marijuana by teenagers.
	Bibliography Citation Anderson, D. Mark, Benjamin Hansen and Daniel I. Rees. "Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use." IZA Discussion Paper No. 6592 [Rev.], Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), September 2012.

2.	Anderson, D. Mark Hansen, Benjamin Rees, Daniel I.
2.	Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use American Law and Economics Review 17,2 (Fall 2015): 495-528. Also: http://aler.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/2/495 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Oxford University Press Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Drug Use; Legislation; Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Although policymakers and law enforcement officials argue that medical marijuana laws (MMLs) "send the wrong message" to young people, previous studies have produced no evidence of a causal relationship between MMLs and marijuana use among teens. Using data from the national and state Youth Risk Behavior Surveys, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, and the Treatment Episode Data Set, we revisit this relationship. Our results are not consistent with the hypothesis that legalization of medical marijuana leads to increased marijuana use among teenagers.
	Bibliography Citation Anderson, D. Mark, Benjamin Hansen and Daniel I. Rees. "Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use." American Law and Economics Review 17,2 (Fall 2015): 495-528.

3.	Argys, Laura M. Averett, Susan L. Rees, Daniel I.
3.	Welfare Generosity, Pregnancies and Abortions Among Unmarried Recipients Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Abortion; Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Childbearing; Family Studies; Fertility; Marital Status; Modeling; Modeling, Probit; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In an attempt to reduce births to women on welfare, many states have instituted family caps which eliminate increases in welfare payments for recipients who have additional children. Most proponents of family caps believe that any reduction in births will be accomplished through a decrease in pregnancies. However, a reduction in births to recipient mothers may instead result from an increase in abortions. By exploiting state differences in AFDC benefit levels we are able to examine the link between reduced benefits, pregnancy and pregnancy resolution. Using a sample of unmarried AFDC recipients from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we estimate a bivariate probit model of the determinants of pregnancy while on AFDC and, conditional on becoming pregnant, the probability of obtaining an abortion. Our results suggest that that lower welfare benefits are not strongly associated with reductions in pregnancies or increases in abortions.
	Bibliography Citation Argys, Laura M., Susan L. Averett and Daniel I. Rees. "Welfare Generosity, Pregnancies and Abortions Among Unmarried Recipients." Presented: Washington, DC, Population Association of America Meetings, March 1997.

4.	Argys, Laura M. Averett, Susan L. Rees, Daniel I.
4.	Welfare Generosity, Pregnancies, and Abortions among Unmarried AFDC Recipients Journal of Population Economics 13,4 (December 2000): 569-594. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/h4rlqcavxt004b18/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Abortion; Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Fertility; Modeling, Probit; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Even before the 1996 overhaul of the U.S. welfare system, a number of states had ended the practice of paying extra benefits to families who have additional children while receiving welfare. Proponents believe that this reform can reduce births to recipients, however many worry that it may encourage women to obtain abortions. Using a sample of unmarried AFDC recipients from the NLSY, we estimate a bivariate probit model of pregnancy and, conditional on becoming pregnant, the probability of abortion. Our results lend some support for the proposition that reducing incremental AFDC benefits will decrease pregnancies without increasing abortions.
	Bibliography Citation Argys, Laura M., Susan L. Averett and Daniel I. Rees. "Welfare Generosity, Pregnancies, and Abortions among Unmarried AFDC Recipients." Journal of Population Economics 13,4 (December 2000): 569-594.

5.	Argys, Laura M. Rees, Daniel I.
5.	Do Older Peers Affect Adolescent Behavior? Presented: Atlanta, GA, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, May 2002 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Endogeneity; Risk-Taking; Siblings; Teenagers Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Parents, educators, and policymakers expend a great deal of effort trying to provide an environment for adolescents that increases the likelihood of success in school and work, and decreases the likelihood of substance use, criminal behaviors and early parenthood. Factors such as family background and income have been shown to be important determinants of child attainments but increasing attention is being paid to the role played by peers (schools, neighborhoods, friends and roommates) in the determination of adolescent successes and failures. Examinations of peer effects face potential endogeneity problems: neighborhoods and schools are selected by parents; peers and roommates are typically self-selected. In our paper, we take a different approach to measuring peer-effects exogenously. Using data from nationally representative samples of teens, we estimate whether adolescent risk-taking is more prevalent, or occurs at an earlier age, for those who would have more contact with older peers: children with older siblings.
	Bibliography Citation Argys, Laura M. and Daniel I. Rees. "Do Older Peers Affect Adolescent Behavior?" Presented: Atlanta, GA, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, May 2002.

6.	Argys, Laura M. Rees, Daniel I.
6.	Impact of Welfare Generosity on the Fertility Behavior of Recipients Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America, May 1996 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Fertility; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. A number of states have recently ended the practice of paying extra benefits to families who have additional children while receiving welfare. Underlying this reform is a belief that AFDC payments are traditionally structured in such a way as to provide recipients with a strong incentive to have more children. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience youth cohort and other sources, we examine the relationship between AFDC payments and fertility behavior. Our results lend some support to the proposition that welfare generosity is linked to the probability of having additional children.
	Bibliography Citation Argys, Laura M. and Daniel I. Rees. "Impact of Welfare Generosity on the Fertility Behavior of Recipients." Presented: New Orleans, LA, Population Association of America, May 1996.

7.	Argys, Laura M. Rees, Daniel I.
7.	Searching for Peer Group Effects: A Test of the Contagion Hypothesis Presented: Philadelphia, PA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2005 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Behavior; Neighborhood Effects; Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Risk-Taking; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Substance Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using state-level variation in kindergarten start dates coupled with information on birth and interview dates to generate an exogenous measure of the relative age of a student's peer group, we find that, controlling for age, females with older peers are more likely to use substances than females with younger peers. In contrast, there is little evidence that having older peers is related to the risky behavior of male adolescents. Because there is no reason to suspect that birth and kindergarten start dates should be correlated with the choice of school, the socioeconomic status of a child's peers, or neighborhood unobservables, we view our results with regard to females as providing support for the idea that peer behavior can be contagious.
	Bibliography Citation Argys, Laura M. and Daniel I. Rees. "Searching for Peer Group Effects: A Test of the Contagion Hypothesis." Presented: Philadelphia, PA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2005.

8.	Argys, Laura M. Rees, Daniel I. Averett, Susan L. Witoonchart, Benjama
8.	Birth Order and Risky Adolescent Behavior Economic Inquiry 44,2 (April 2006): 215-233. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1093/ei/cbj011/abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Western Economic Association International Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Sexual Activity; Alcohol Use; Birth Order; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Drug Use; Risk-Taking; Sexual Activity; Smoking (see Cigarette Use) It is commonly believed that birth order is an important determinant of success. However, previous studies in this area have failed to provide convincing evidence that birth order is related to test scores, education, or earnings. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth–1979, we investigate the association between birth order and adolescent behaviors such as smoking, drinking, marijuana use, sexual activity, and crime. Our estimates show that middle borns and last borns are much more likely to use substances and be sexually active than their firstborn counterparts. These results provide the strongest evidence to date that birth order is related to measurable behaviors.
	Bibliography Citation Argys, Laura M., Daniel I. Rees, Susan L. Averett and Benjama Witoonchart. "Birth Order and Risky Adolescent Behavior." Economic Inquiry 44,2 (April 2006): 215-233.

9.	Crost, Benjamin Rees, Daniel I.
9.	The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Marijuana Use: New Estimates from the NLSY97 Journal of Health Economics 32,2 (March 2013): 474-476. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629612001245 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Drug Use; Substance Use In volume 30, issue 4 of this journal Bariş Yörük and Ceren Yörük (Y&EY) used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, 1997 (NLSY97) and a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of the minimum legal drinking age on a variety of substances including marijuana. They obtained evidence that the probability of marijuana use increased sharply at the age of 21, consistent with the hypothesis that alcohol and marijuana are complements, but inadvertently conditioned on having used marijuana at least once since the last survey. Applying the Y&EY research design to all NLSY97 respondents ages 19 through 22, we find no evidence that alcohol and marijuana are complements.
	Bibliography Citation Crost, Benjamin and Daniel I. Rees. "The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Marijuana Use: New Estimates from the NLSY97." Journal of Health Economics 32,2 (March 2013): 474-476.

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