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

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

09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: RAND Corporation. Published: 9/2020. This 63-page 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. It exploits 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. (PDF)