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Opioids Actually Boost Women’s Employment: Eco Research Wrap
They have no discernable effect on men’s, complicating a common narrative
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Opioids have earned a terrible reputation as mass pill addiction morphed into a heroin crisis that’s claiming lives across America. Economists and politicians have painted the epidemic as an outgrowth of job market despair, at least in part.
The narrative may be too simplistic, new research from Princeton University economists finds. It’s the lead item in this week’s economic roundup, which also sums up a landmark study on race and mobility, a report on the outlook for long-run monetary policy, and a look at government debt and growth. Check this column each week for the latest economic research.
U.S. Employment and Opioids: Is There a Connection?
Published March 2018
Available on the NBER website