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1“...Exploiting recent concentration of flight patterns under a new Federal Aviation Administration policy (called NextGen), we examine the impact of exposure to...”
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2“...Increasing trends in obesity have driven policymakers around the US to examine factors associated with lower Body Mass Index (BMI) and improved health. Our...”
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3“...This is the first study that uses a direct measure of skyglow, an important aspect of light pollution, to examine its impact on infant health at birth. We find...”
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5“...Every year, a large number of children in the United States enter the foster care system. Many of them are eventually reunited with their biological parents or...”
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7“...Using information on birth and kindergarten start dates to generate an exogenous measure of the relative age of a student's peer group, we find that,...”
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8“...We conduct the first study to examine the fetal health impact of light pollution based on a direct measure of skyglow, an important aspect of light pollution...”
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9by Susan L. Averett Laura M. Argys Daniel I. Rees Published in Journal of population economics (01.07.2011)“...Children with older siblings are more likely to engage in risky behavior than their firstborn counterparts. Although the relationship between birth order and...”
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10by Sabia, Joseph J Pitts, M. Melinda Argys, Laura M Published in The review of economics and statistics (20191301)“...Abstract In volume 94 of this REVIEW, Adams, Blackburn, and Cotti (ABC), using Fatal Accident Reporting System data from 1998 to 2006, find that a 10% increase...”
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11by Averett, Susan L Averett, Susan L Argys, Laura M Argys, Laura M Sorkin, Julia Sorkin, Julia Published in Review of economics of the household (01.12.2013)“...There is an extensive literature suggesting that marriage confers benefits to both men and women in the form of increased earnings, better health and a longer...”
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12“...Using micro-level data on children entering foster care in 1998, we estimate how the financial compensation paid to foster caregivers affects the placement of...”
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13by Susan L. Averett Laura M. Argys Jennifer C. Kohn Published in Eastern economic journal (01.04.2014)“...We contribute to the growing literature exploring the effect of social capital (SC) on health in several ways. First, we compare three different measures of SC...”
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14“...Economists theorize that the inverse relationship between income and family size reflects a trade-off between child quality and quantity. Testing this...”
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15by Sen, Bisakha Averett, Susan Argys, Laura Rees, Daniel I Published in Applied economics letters (13.11.2009)“...Adolescents who drink or smoke marijuana are more likely to engage in delinquent activities than their peers who do not use substances, but it is not clear...”
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16by Laura M. Argys H. Elizabeth Peters Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Judith R. Smith Published in Demography (01.05.1998)“...We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-Child data to address three questions. First, does the receipt of child support have beneficial effects for...”
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17by Argys, Laura M Published in Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Working Papers (2019)“...In response to a high incidence of motor vehicle accidents among teens, states have adopted policies that broadly mandate restrictions on novice teen drivers,...”
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18by Averett, Susan L Rees, Daniel I Argys, Laura M Published in American journal of public health (1971) (01.11.2002)“...This study sought to examine the effects of government policies and neighborhood characteristics on adolescent female sexual behavior to better inform future...”
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19by ARGYS, LAURA M REES, DANIEL I AVERETT, SUSAN L WITOONCHART, BENJAMA Published in Economic inquiry (01.04.2006)“...It is commonly believed that birth order is an important determinant of success. However, previous studies in this area have failed to provide convincing...”
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20by Rees, Daniel I Sabia, Joseph J Argys, Laura M Dave, Dhaval Latshaw, Joshua Published in The Journal of law & economics (01.02.2019)“...In an effort to address the opioid epidemic, a majority of states recently passed some version of a Good Samaritan law (GSL) and/or a naloxone access law...”