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Homepage:https://www.benjaminhansen.org/
Phone:8052845935
Workplace:Department of Economics, University of Oregon, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2026

  1. Coca’s Return and the American Overdose Fallout
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

2025

  1. Gun Policy and the Steel Paradox: Evidence from Oregunians
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  2. Importing the Opioid Crisis? International Trade and Fentanyl Overdoses
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College Downloads
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) Downloads
  3. Same Crime, Different Time: Disparities in Judicial Outcomes for DWI Offenders
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

2024

  1. In-Person Schooling and Juvenile Violence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

2023

  1. No Ground Truth? No Problem: Improving Administrative Data Linking Using Active Learning and a Little Bit of Guile
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article No ground truth? No problem: Improving administrative data linking using active learning and a little bit of guile, PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (2023) Downloads (2023)
  2. The Re-Emerging Suicide Crisis in the U.S.: Patterns, Causes and Solutions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The re‐emerging suicide crisis in the U.S.: Patterns, causes and solutions, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2024) Downloads (2024)

2022

  1. In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide: Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide: Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2024) Downloads View citations (2) (2024)
  2. Schools, Job Flexibility, and Married Women's Labor Supply
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (4)

2021

  1. Labor Reallocation and Remote Work During COVID-19: Real-time Evidence from GitHub
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (16)
  2. Vertical Integration and Production Inefficiency in the Presence of a Gross Receipts Tax
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Vertical integration and production inefficiency in the presence of a gross receipts tax, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2022) Downloads View citations (3) (2022)

2020

  1. Do State Tobacco 21 Laws Work?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Information and the Persistence of the Gender Wage Gap: Early Evidence from California's Salary History Ban
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (10)
  3. Police Force Size and Civilian Race
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Police Force Size and Civilian Race, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2022) Downloads View citations (17) (2022)

2019

  1. Administrative Data Linking and Statistical Power Problems in Randomized Experiments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  2. Reducing Crime Through Environmental Design: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Street Lighting in New York City
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Reducing Crime Through Environmental Design: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Street Lighting in New York City, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Springer (2022) Downloads (2022)
  3. The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Crime Victimization
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Crime Victimization, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2023) Downloads View citations (3) (2023)

2018

  1. Early Evidence on Recreational Marijuana Legalization and Traffic Fatalities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article EARLY EVIDENCE ON RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2020) Downloads View citations (29) (2020)

2017

  1. Benefit Generosity and Injury Duration: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Regression Kinks
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Federalism, Partial Prohibition, and Cross-Border Sales: Evidence from Recreational Marijuana
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Federalism, partial prohibition, and cross-border sales: Evidence from recreational marijuana, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2020) Downloads View citations (29) (2020)
  3. Getting into the Weeds of Tax Invariance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)

2016

  1. Does “Ban the Box†Help or Hurt Low-Skilled Workers? Statistical Discrimination and Employment Outcomes when Criminal Histories are Hidden
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences Downloads View citations (29)
  2. Does “Ban the Box” Help or Hurt Low-Skilled Workers? Statistical Discrimination and Employment Outcomes When Criminal Histories are Hidden
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (31)
  3. Legal Access to Alcohol and Criminality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article Legal access to alcohol and criminality, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2018) Downloads View citations (28) (2018)

2015

  1. Cigarette Taxes and Youth Smoking: Updated Estimates Using YRBS Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2015) Downloads View citations (7)

2014

  1. Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2012) Downloads View citations (28)

    See also Journal Article Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use, American Law and Economics Review, American Law and Economics Association (2015) Downloads View citations (51) (2015)
  2. Punishment and Deterrence: Evidence from Drunk Driving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Punishment and Deterrence: Evidence from Drunk Driving, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) Downloads View citations (93) (2015)

2013

  1. Caution! Men Not at Work: Gender-Specific Labor Market Conditions and Child Maltreatment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Caution! Men not at work: Gender-specific labor market conditions and child maltreatment, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2018) Downloads View citations (55) (2018)
  2. Economic Conditions and Child Abuse
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER Downloads View citations (12)

2011

  1. Cigarette Taxes and the Social Market
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER Downloads

Journal Articles

2024

  1. In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide: Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures
    Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59, (S), s227-s255 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide: Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures, NBER Working Papers (2022) Downloads View citations (3) (2022)
  2. The re‐emerging suicide crisis in the U.S.: Patterns, causes and solutions
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2024, 43, (2), 582-612 Downloads
    See also Working Paper The Re-Emerging Suicide Crisis in the U.S.: Patterns, Causes and Solutions, NBER Working Papers (2023) Downloads View citations (2) (2023)

2023

  1. Do tobacco 21 laws work?
    Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 92, (C) Downloads View citations (11)
  2. No ground truth? No problem: Improving administrative data linking using active learning and a little bit of guile
    PLOS ONE, 2023, 18, (4), 1-17 Downloads
    See also Working Paper No Ground Truth? No Problem: Improving Administrative Data Linking Using Active Learning and a Little Bit of Guile, NBER Working Papers (2023) Downloads View citations (1) (2023)
  3. The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Crime Victimization
    Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58, (4), 1141-1177 Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Crime Victimization, NBER Working Papers (2019) Downloads View citations (13) (2019)

2022

  1. Police Force Size and Civilian Race
    American Economic Review: Insights, 2022, 4, (2), 139-58 Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Police Force Size and Civilian Race, NBER Working Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (3) (2020)
  2. Reducing Crime Through Environmental Design: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Street Lighting in New York City
    Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2022, 38, (1), 127-157 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Reducing Crime Through Environmental Design: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Street Lighting in New York City, NBER Working Papers (2019) Downloads View citations (14) (2019)
  3. Vertical integration and production inefficiency in the presence of a gross receipts tax
    Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 212, (C) Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Vertical Integration and Production Inefficiency in the Presence of a Gross Receipts Tax, NBER Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (2) (2021)

2021

  1. Dude, Where’s My Treatment Effect? Errors in Administrative Data Linking and the Destruction of Statistical Power in Randomized Experiments
    Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2021, 37, (3), 715-749 Downloads

2020

  1. EARLY EVIDENCE ON RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES
    Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58, (2), 547-568 Downloads View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Early Evidence on Recreational Marijuana Legalization and Traffic Fatalities, NBER Working Papers (2018) Downloads View citations (14) (2018)
  2. Federalism, partial prohibition, and cross-border sales: Evidence from recreational marijuana
    Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 187, (C) Downloads View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Federalism, Partial Prohibition, and Cross-Border Sales: Evidence from Recreational Marijuana, NBER Working Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (1) (2017)
  3. Taxing the Potency of Sin Goods: Evidence from Recreational Cannabis and Liquor Markets
    National Tax Journal, 2020, 73, (2), 511-544 Downloads View citations (5)
  4. The Unintended Consequences of “Ban the Box”: Statistical Discrimination and Employment Outcomes When Criminal Histories Are Hidden
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 38, (2), 321 - 374 Downloads View citations (43)

2018

  1. Caution! Men not at work: Gender-specific labor market conditions and child maltreatment
    Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 163, (C), 77-98 Downloads View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper Caution! Men Not at Work: Gender-Specific Labor Market Conditions and Child Maltreatment, NBER Working Papers (2013) Downloads View citations (12) (2013)
  2. Legal access to alcohol and criminality
    Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 57, (C), 277-289 Downloads View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper Legal Access to Alcohol and Criminality, NBER Working Papers (2016) Downloads (2016)

2017

  1. Have Cigarette Taxes Lost Their Bite? New Estimates of the Relationship between Cigarette Taxes and Youth Smoking
    American Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 3, (1), 60-75 Downloads View citations (47)
    Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 3, (1), 60-75 (2017) Downloads View citations (46)
  2. Moving to Job Opportunities? The Effect of "Ban the Box" on the Composition of Cities
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 556-59 Downloads View citations (3)

2016

  1. California’s 2004 Workers’ Compensation Reform
    ILR Review, 2016, 69, (1), 173-198 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. When Good Measurement Goes Wrong
    ILR Review, 2016, 69, (2), 312-319 Downloads View citations (14)

2015

  1. Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use
    American Law and Economics Review, 2015, 17, (2), 495-528 Downloads View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use, NBER Working Papers (2014) Downloads (2014)
  2. Punishment and Deterrence: Evidence from Drunk Driving
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (4), 1581-1617 Downloads View citations (93)
    See also Working Paper Punishment and Deterrence: Evidence from Drunk Driving, NBER Working Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (6) (2014)

2014

  1. Life and Death in the Fast Lane: Police Enforcement and Traffic Fatalities
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6, (2), 231-57 Downloads View citations (98)

2013

  1. Cigarette Taxes and How Youths Obtain Cigarettes
    National Tax Journal, 2013, 66, (2), 371-394 Downloads View citations (14)
  2. Deterability by age
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2013, 36, (C), 70-81 Downloads View citations (3)
  3. Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2013, 56, (2), 333 - 369 Downloads View citations (153)
  4. The minimum dropout age and student victimization
    Economics of Education Review, 2013, 35, (C), 66-74 Downloads View citations (22)

2012

  1. Are the Effects of Minimum Wage Increases Always Small? New Evidence from a Case Study of New York State
    ILR Review, 2012, 65, (2), 350-376 Downloads View citations (97)

2011

  1. Back to school blues: Seasonality of youth suicide and the academic calendar
    Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30, (5), 850-861 Downloads View citations (24)
 
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