Recently added articles from Contemporary Economic Policy:
ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF BEER PRICES ON THE INCIDENCE OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES: CROSS-PROVINCE AND TIME SERIES EVIDENCE FROM CANADA
Oct 01, 2008; ... We attempt to contribute to the literature by evaluating the effects of higher beer prices on gonorrhea and chlamydia rates through pooling data across Canadian provinces and over time. Ordinary least squares as well as instrumental variables estimates suggest that higher real beer prices are ...
WHY WAIT?: EXAMINING DELAYED WIC PARTICIPATION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN
Oct 01, 2008; ... Despite the benefits of prenatal participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), many eligible women either do not participate or begin participation late in their pregnancies. Using recent nationally representative data, we find that more ...
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WELFARE CASELOADS AND LOCAL LABOR MARKETS
Oct 01, 2008; ... This paper provides an empirical examination of interactions between welfare case-loads and local labor markets using data on caseload stocks, entries, and exits. Granger-causality tests show that unemployment rates Granger-cause caseload activity but caseload activity does not Granger-cause ...
IMMIGRANT SELECTION SYSTEMS AND IMMIGRANT HEALTH
Oct 01, 2008; ... This paper is an analysis of the determinants of self-reported health status of immigrants, with a particular focus on the type of visa used to gain admission. The empirical analysis uses the three waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (panel I). Immigrant health is greater ...
DOES MONEY MATTER FOR INFLATION IN THE EURO AREA?
Oct 01, 2008; ... We analyze the relationship between M3 growth and inflation within an error correction framework including also the output gap, the 3-mo EURIBOR, and the 10-yr government bond yield. We find robust cointegration between money growth and inflation. Shocks in M3 growth account for up to 30% of the ...