The intergenerational persistence of opioid dependence: Evidence from administrative data

Alexander Ahammer, Martin Halla

Publikation: Wissenschaftliche FachzeitschriftOriginalbeitrag in FachzeitschriftBegutachtung

Abstract

To address the opioid crisis, it is crucial to understand its origins. We provide descriptive evidence for the intergenerational persistence of opioid dependence. Our analysis is based on administrative data covering the universe of Austrian births from 1984 to 1990. We consider prescription opioids and a new proxy for addiction to illicit opioids. We find that, if at least one parent is using illicit opioids, the likelihood of the child using increases from 1% to 7%. For prescription opioids, we observe an increase from 3.6% to 6.7%. Both associations are stable and do not change when controlling for environmental variables.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)2425-2444
FachzeitschriftHealth Economics (United Kingdom)
Jahrgang31
Ausgabenummer11
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2022
Extern publiziertJa

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