Does Drug Use Cause Poverty?

Robert Kaestner
Published Date
Copyright 1999
ISBN 978-0-226-10047-0
Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse
Book: The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse: An Integration of Econometric and Behavioral Economic Research
Book editors: Frank J. Chaloupka, Michael Grossman, Warren K. Bickel & Henry Saffer
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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Does Drug Use Cause Poverty?
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In this study, I examine the effect of drug use on poverty. The main objective of the paper is to provide descriptive...

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