• State recreational cannabis laws and racial disparities in the criminal legal system

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    Add to Calendar! We estimate the direct and spillover effects of cannabis legalization on longstanding racial disparities in criminal justice outcomes. We find that legalization reduces cannabis possession and sales arrests for White and Black populations, narrowing but not eliminating disparities. We also find spillover increases in hospitalizations involving cannabis and other illegal drugs. However, […]

  • Building a Data System for Health and Labor Economics Research: The U.S. National Dementia Workforce Study

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    Add to Calendar! The growing prevalence of dementia in the United States underscores an urgent need to understand and strengthen the workforce providing this specialized care. This seminar presents findings from the National Dementia Workforce Study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute on Aging. This is the first large-scale, annual survey program systematically tracking the […]