Year: 2019
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This thesis investigates the role of marijuana use in labor productivity in the United States with the aim to contribute to the discussion and understanding of economic consequences of marijuana legalization. The data is sourced from various federal agencies to create a panel of 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia for the period of 2005-2017. A panel data model with fixed effects is estimated using instrumental variables to account for biases arising from endogeneity problems stemming from simultaneity and measurement errors. The results suggest that marijuana use does not have a statistically significant effect on labor productivity.
Author: Bogdan Voronetskyy
Language: English
Subfield: Pharmacology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2996746388