Daniel I Rees
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1105698 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Daniel I Rees |
| PRENOMES | Daniel I |
| SOBRENOME | Rees |
| ASSINATURA | REES D I |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Colorado Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9166-6013 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 129 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1991 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Minimum Wages and Teenage Childbearing in the United States
The minimum wage is increasingly viewed as an important, but often neglected, tool for improving public health outcomes. Using data from the period 2003–2019 and a stacked difference‐in‐differences regression model that accounts for dynamic and heterogeneous treatment effects, we explore the relationship between minimum wages and teenage childbearing in the United States. We find no evidence of a systematic, negative relationship between minimum …
Civil rights protests and election outcomes
Imposing Policy on Reluctant Actors
In 1966, Southern hospitals were barred from participating in Medicare unless they discontinued their longstanding practice of racial segregation. Using data from five Deep South states and exploiting county-level variation in Medicare certification dates, we find that gaining access to an ostensibly integrated hospital had no effect on Black postneonatal mortality. Similarly, there is little evidence that the campaign contributed to the trend to…
Terrorism and political attitudes
Terror attacks in Europe have increased substantially since the turn of the last century. Using data from European Social Surveys (ESS), we examine their effects on political attitudes and orientation by comparing within-country survey responses shortly before and after terror attacks involving at least one fatality. At the national level, we find little support for the hypothesis that terror attacks influenced attitudes towards immigration or po…
Anti‐Bullying Laws and Suicidal Behaviors Among Teenagers
The CDC reports that the association between bullying and suicides among teenagers has generated “concern, even panic,” but policies aimed at combatting bullying have received little attention from researchers. Using a difference‐in‐differences estimation strategy, we find that state‐level anti‐bullying laws (ABLs) reduce bullying victimization, depression, and suicidal ideation, with the largest estimated effects for female teenagers and teenage…
The Effects of Professor Gender on the Postgraduation Outcomes of Female Students
Although women earn approximately 50% of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) bachelor's degrees, more than 70% of scientists and engineers are men. The authors explore a potential determinant of this STEM gender gap using newly collected data on the career trajectories of United States Air Force Academy students. Specifically, they examine the effects of being assigned female math and science professors on occupation choice and post…
Water purification efforts and the black‐white infant mortality gap, 1906–1938
Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health
Exploiting variation across states and municipalities in the timing and details of midwifery laws introduced during the period 1900–1940 and using data assembled from various primary sources, we find that requiring midwives to be licensed reduced maternal mortality by 7%–8% and may have led to modest reductions in infant mortality. These estimates represent the strongest evidence to date that licensing restrictions can improve the health of consu…
The phenomenon of summer diarrhea and its waning, 1910-1930
Medical marijuana laws and workplace fatalities in the United States
Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments and Violent Crime
Drawing on county‐level data from Kansas for the period 1977–2011, we examine whether plausibly exogenous increases in the number of establishments licensed to sell alcohol by the drink are related to violent crime. During this period, 86 out of 105 counties in Kansas voted to legalise the sale of alcohol to the general public for on‐premises consumption. Using legalisation as an instrument, we show that a 10% increase in drinking establishments …
Anderson et al. Respond
AffiliationsD. Mark Anderson is with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University, Bozeman. Daniel I. Rees is with the Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Denver. Joseph J. Sabia is with the Department of Economics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Seasonality in birth defects, agricultural production and urban location
Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicides by Gender and Age
Objectives. We estimated the association between legalizing medical marijuana and suicides. Methods. We obtained state-level suicide data from the National Vital Statistics System’s Mortality Detail Files for 1990–2007. We used regression analysis to examine the association between medical marijuana legalization and suicides per 100 000 population. Results. After adjustment for economic conditions, state policies, and state-specific linear time t…
Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption
To date, 19 states have passed medical marijuana laws, yet very little is known about their effects. The current study examines the relationship between the legalization of medical marijuana and traffic fatalities, the leading cause of death among Americans ages 5–34. The first full year after coming into effect, legalization is associated with an 8–11 percent decrease in traffic fatalities. The impact of legalization on traffic fatalities involv…
The Role of Dispensaries
The Legalization of Recreational Marijuana
Body weight and wages
Does the number of sex partners affect educational attainment? Evidence from female respondents to the Add Health
Armed conflict and birth weight
A head above the rest
Older siblings and adolescent risky behavior
The effect of sexual abstinence on females' educational attainment
A number of studies have shown that teenagers who abstain from sex are more likely to graduate from high school and attend college than their sexually active peers. However, it is unclear whether this association represents a causal relationship or can be explained by unmeasured heterogeneity. We employ a variety of statistical techniques to distinguish between these hypotheses, using data on females from the National Longitudinal Study of Adoles…
Searching for Peer Group Effects
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, controlling for age, females with older peers are more likely to use substances than females with younger peers. 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 …
IQ, Academic Performance, Environment, and Earnings
This paper explores the effects of peers, friends, family, IQ, and academic performance, observed in the last year of high school, on earnings at ages 35 and 53. All significantly affect earnings at both ages. The effects of IQ are much smaller than asserted in, for example, The Bell Curve, and badly overstated in the absence of controls for family, wider context, or academic performance. Aspirations appear to be very important. Socialization and…
Armed conflict and birth weight
Welfare generosity, pregnancies and abortions among unmarried AFDC recipients
The Impact of Government Policies and Neighborhood Characteristics on Teenage Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use
Objectives. This study sought to examine the effects of government policies and neighborhood characteristics on adolescent female sexual behavior to better inform future public policy decisions. Methods. Using a bivariate probit model and National Survey of Family Growth data on women aged 15 through 19 years, we estimated the probabilities of their being sexually active and, if sexually active, of their using contraceptives. Results. Variables m…
Grievance Procedure Strength and Teacher Quits
Freeman's exit-voice model of unionism suggests that grievance procedure strength should be negatively related to the probability that an employee quits his or her job. In this study, which uses data on New York State public school teachers and districts from the mid-1970s, it is found that teachers with the two strongest types of grievance procedures in their contracts had a lower probability of quitting than those working under weaker grievance…
Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health
Exploiting variation across states and municipalities in the timing and details of midwifery laws introduced during the period 1900–1940 and using data assembled from various primary sources, we find that requiring midwives to be licensed reduced maternal mortality by 7%–8% and may have led to modest reductions in infant mortality. These estimates represent the strongest evidence to date that licensing restrictions can improve the health of consu…
The Legalization of Recreational Marijuana
Older siblings and adolescent risky behavior
Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicides by Gender and Age
Objectives. We estimated the association between legalizing medical marijuana and suicides. Methods. We obtained state-level suicide data from the National Vital Statistics System’s Mortality Detail Files for 1990–2007. We used regression analysis to examine the association between medical marijuana legalization and suicides per 100 000 population. Results. After adjustment for economic conditions, state policies, and state-specific linear time t…
Anti‐Bullying Laws and Suicidal Behaviors Among Teenagers
The CDC reports that the association between bullying and suicides among teenagers has generated “concern, even panic,” but policies aimed at combatting bullying have received little attention from researchers. Using a difference‐in‐differences estimation strategy, we find that state‐level anti‐bullying laws (ABLs) reduce bullying victimization, depression, and suicidal ideation, with the largest estimated effects for female teenagers and teenage…
The phenomenon of summer diarrhea and its waning, 1910-1930
Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments and Violent Crime
Drawing on county‐level data from Kansas for the period 1977–2011, we examine whether plausibly exogenous increases in the number of establishments licensed to sell alcohol by the drink are related to violent crime. During this period, 86 out of 105 counties in Kansas voted to legalise the sale of alcohol to the general public for on‐premises consumption. Using legalisation as an instrument, we show that a 10% increase in drinking establishments …
Water purification efforts and the black‐white infant mortality gap, 1906–1938
The effect of sexual abstinence on females' educational attainment
A number of studies have shown that teenagers who abstain from sex are more likely to graduate from high school and attend college than their sexually active peers. However, it is unclear whether this association represents a causal relationship or can be explained by unmeasured heterogeneity. We employ a variety of statistical techniques to distinguish between these hypotheses, using data on females from the National Longitudinal Study of Adoles…
The Salary Effect of Faculty Unionism in Canada
Despite the fact that the faculty at most universities in Canada are organized, there has been little investigation of the impact of unionization on Canadian faculty compensation. The results of this analysis of data collected from Statistics Canada publications and other sources for the period 1972-91 suggest an average salary premium of between 2% and 3% for faculty belonging to a certified bargaining unit, compared to nonunionized faculty. So-…
The Effects of Professor Gender on the Postgraduation Outcomes of Female Students
Although women earn approximately 50% of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) bachelor's degrees, more than 70% of scientists and engineers are men. The authors explore a potential determinant of this STEM gender gap using newly collected data on the career trajectories of United States Air Force Academy students. Specifically, they examine the effects of being assigned female math and science professors on occupation choice and post…
Does the number of sex partners affect educational attainment? Evidence from female respondents to the Add Health
Grievance Procedure Strength and Teacher Quits
Freeman's exit-voice model of unionism suggests that grievance procedure strength should be negatively related to the probability that an employee quits his or her job. In this study, which uses data on New York State public school teachers and districts from the mid-1970s, it is found that teachers with the two strongest types of grievance procedures in their contracts had a lower probability of quitting than those working under weaker grievance…
Institutional Responses to Increased External Support for Graduate Students
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The Salary Effect of Faculty Unionism in Canada
Despite the fact that the faculty at most universities in Canada are organized, there has been little investigation of the impact of unionization on Canadian faculty compensation. The results of this analysis of data collected from Statistics Canada publications and other sources for the period 1972-91 suggest an average salary premium of between 2% and 3% for faculty belonging to a certified bargaining unit, compared to nonunionized faculty. So-…
Detracking America's schools
Schools across the country are ending the practice of grouping students based on ability, in part, because of research indicating that tracking hurts low-ability students without helping students of other ability levels. Using a nationally representative survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, (NCES) we reexamine the impact of tracking on high school student achievement through the estimation of a standard education prod…
Welfare generosity, pregnancies and abortions among unmarried AFDC recipients
IQ, Academic Performance, Environment, and Earnings
This paper explores the effects of peers, friends, family, IQ, and academic performance, observed in the last year of high school, on earnings at ages 35 and 53. All significantly affect earnings at both ages. The effects of IQ are much smaller than asserted in, for example, The Bell Curve, and badly overstated in the absence of controls for family, wider context, or academic performance. Aspirations appear to be very important. Socialization and…
The Impact of Government Policies and Neighborhood Characteristics on Teenage Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use
Objectives. This study sought to examine the effects of government policies and neighborhood characteristics on adolescent female sexual behavior to better inform future public policy decisions. Methods. Using a bivariate probit model and National Survey of Family Growth data on women aged 15 through 19 years, we estimated the probabilities of their being sexually active and, if sexually active, of their using contraceptives. Results. Variables m…
Searching for Peer Group Effects
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, controlling for age, females with older peers are more likely to use substances than females with younger peers. 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 …
A head above the rest
Older siblings and adolescent risky behavior
The effect of sexual abstinence on females' educational attainment
A number of studies have shown that teenagers who abstain from sex are more likely to graduate from high school and attend college than their sexually active peers. However, it is unclear whether this association represents a causal relationship or can be explained by unmeasured heterogeneity. We employ a variety of statistical techniques to distinguish between these hypotheses, using data on females from the National Longitudinal Study of Adoles…
Body weight and wages
Does the number of sex partners affect educational attainment? Evidence from female respondents to the Add Health
Armed conflict and birth weight
Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption
To date, 19 states have passed medical marijuana laws, yet very little is known about their effects. The current study examines the relationship between the legalization of medical marijuana and traffic fatalities, the leading cause of death among Americans ages 5–34. The first full year after coming into effect, legalization is associated with an 8–11 percent decrease in traffic fatalities. The impact of legalization on traffic fatalities involv…
The Role of Dispensaries
The Legalization of Recreational Marijuana
Seasonality in birth defects, agricultural production and urban location
Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicides by Gender and Age
Objectives. We estimated the association between legalizing medical marijuana and suicides. Methods. We obtained state-level suicide data from the National Vital Statistics System’s Mortality Detail Files for 1990–2007. We used regression analysis to examine the association between medical marijuana legalization and suicides per 100 000 population. Results. After adjustment for economic conditions, state policies, and state-specific linear time t…
Anderson et al. Respond
AffiliationsD. Mark Anderson is with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University, Bozeman. Daniel I. Rees is with the Department of Economics, University of Colorado, Denver. Joseph J. Sabia is with the Department of Economics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Medical marijuana laws and workplace fatalities in the United States
Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments and Violent Crime
Drawing on county‐level data from Kansas for the period 1977–2011, we examine whether plausibly exogenous increases in the number of establishments licensed to sell alcohol by the drink are related to violent crime. During this period, 86 out of 105 counties in Kansas voted to legalise the sale of alcohol to the general public for on‐premises consumption. Using legalisation as an instrument, we show that a 10% increase in drinking establishments …
Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health
Exploiting variation across states and municipalities in the timing and details of midwifery laws introduced during the period 1900–1940 and using data assembled from various primary sources, we find that requiring midwives to be licensed reduced maternal mortality by 7%–8% and may have led to modest reductions in infant mortality. These estimates represent the strongest evidence to date that licensing restrictions can improve the health of consu…
The phenomenon of summer diarrhea and its waning, 1910-1930
Water purification efforts and the black‐white infant mortality gap, 1906–1938
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