Ryan Conrad
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Tel: 301-796-0622
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Institutional Affiliation: FDA
NBER Working Papers and Publications
| March 2011 | The Effects of Alcohol Policies in Reducing Entry Rates and Time Spent in Foster Care
with Sara Markowitz, Alison Evans Cuellar, Michael Grossman: w16915
The purpose of this paper is to empirically estimate the propensity for alcohol-related policies to influence rates of entry into foster care and the length of time spent in foster care. Alcohol consumption is believed to be major contributing factor to child maltreatment, associated with an increased likelihood of abuse and longer durations once in foster care. We analyze a panel of state-level foster care entry rates over time, followed by a duration analysis of individual-level cases. The alcohol regulations of interest include beer, wine, and liquor taxes and prices, and a measure of alcohol availability. Overall, these alcohol control policies appear to have limited power to alter foster care entry rates and duration once in care. We find that higher alcohol taxes and prices are ... Published: Review of Economics of the Household December 2014, Volume 12, Issue 4, pp 589-612 First online: 23 May 2013 Alcohol control and foster care Sara Markowitz , Alison Cuellar, Ryan M. Conrad, Michael Grossman
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