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The opioid crisis in Appalachia: the effect of blue-collar employment

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  • Karen Maguire
  • Arthur Santos Miranda
  • John V. Winters

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The effects of the American opioid crisis have been widespread, leading to increases in addictions, poor health outcomes, and death. We expect that these effects may vary across the workforce, in particular, that blue-collar employment, which generally requires more physically demanding labour, may be associated with a higher use of pain medication including opioids. This paper analyses the relationship between the share of blue-collar employment and the number of opioid prescriptions from 2014 to 2016 for the Appalachian region as compared to the contiguous US We find that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship in the Appalachian region.

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  • Karen Maguire & Arthur Santos Miranda & John V. Winters, 2019. "The opioid crisis in Appalachia: the effect of blue-collar employment," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(18), pages 1480-1484, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:26:y:2019:i:18:p:1480-1484
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1581904
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