Is the Rise in Illicit Opioids Affecting Labor Supply and Disability Claiming Rates?

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• Alternative Title:
  J Health Econ
• Personal Author:
  Park, Sujeong ; Powell, David
• Description:
  This paper examines how the recent transition of the opioid crisis from prescription opioids to more prevalent misuse of illicit opioids, such as heroin and fentanyl, altered labor supply behavior and disability insurance claiming rates. We exploit differential geographic exposure to the reformulation of OxyContin, the largest reduction in access to abusable prescription opioids to date, to study the effects of substitution to illicit markets. We observe meaningful reductions in labor supply measured in terms of employment-to-population ratios, hours worked, and earnings in states more exposed to reformulation relative to those less exposed. We also find evidence of increases in disability applications and beneficiaries.
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid Heroin Humans Opioid-Related Disorders Oxycodone Workforce
• Keywords:
  Disability Incidence Fentanyl OxyContin Reformulation Worker Health
• Source:
  J Health Econ. 76:102430
• Pubmed ID:
  33524644
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7965359
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P50 DA046351/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 CE002999/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01CE002999/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  76
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c032706a587438abdc64f401219b4800ec41d4db0473fec35b4c844959c7ad17
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/114960/cdc_114960_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.35 MB ]