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This paper uses restricted death data and coal production data to
examine the relationship between coal mining activity and opioid overdose death. I
find a positive relationship between the share of coal miners among the total local
labor force and opioid mortality. When instrumenting with the price of natural
gas, the results are very similar but less significant. I conclude that simply
shutting ... read moredown coal mines may not effectively mitigate the opioid epidemic in the
Appalachian region. The IV approach can partially solve the endogeneity problem
but fails to distinguish different types of mines.
Thesis (M.S.)--Tufts University, 2019.
Submitted to the Dept. of Economics.
Advisor: Gilbert Metcalf.
Committee: Jeffrey Zabel, and Melissa McInerney.
Keyword: Economics.read less
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