Early Cannabis Use and School to Work Transition of Young Men

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Employment and Disability Among Canadian Medical Cannabis Patients

“…However, because they cannot observe medical cannabis use in their data, “like all other economics studies examining [medical marijuana legislation] effects of which we are aware” (p. 13), there are limitations to the interpretation of their results. Sabia and Nguyen (2016) find generally no effect of medical marijuana legalization, and indeed a negative effect for young men (see J. Williams & van Ours, 2017, above), though their study does not have the explict casual differences-in-differences identification structure as Hersch Nicholas and Maclean (2017).…”

“…In terms of studies that observe cannabis use, these include Popovici and French (2014) and van Ours (2006), who find an insignificant effect, whereas J. Williams and van Ours (2017) find evidence of increased labor market impatience among young men-accepting lower wage jobs more quickly-but no overall reduced labor supply. Adjacent to the labor market, Marie and Zölitz (2017) find a causal negative connection between access to marijuana and academic outcomes, exploiting a natural experiment in the Netherlands.…”

“…In the context of cannabis use and labor supply, a literature has focused on identifying the effect of marijuana consumption on employment. In terms of studies that observe cannabis use, these include Popovici and French (2014) and van Ours (2006), who find an insignificant effect, whereas J. Williams and van Ours (2017) find evidence of increased labor market impatience among young men—accepting lower wage jobs more quickly—but no overall reduced labor supply.…”