Jenny Williams

Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Reoffending?

Jenny Williams, Don Weatherburn

Journal article  |  2021  |  The Review of Economics and Statistics

We evaluate electronic monitoring as an alternative to prison for non-violent offenses. Leveraging plausibly exogenous variation i..

Hazardous or Not? Early Cannabis Use, and the School to Work Transition of Young Men

Jenny Williams, J van Ours

Journal article  |  2020  |  Health Economics

We study the relationship between cannabis use and early labor market experiences of young men, focusing on the time it takes them..

How may alternative drug policy settings influence criminal charges? A longitudinal study of cannabis patients and a general population sample

AL Brettville-Jensen, Jenny Williams, L Gjersing

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Drug Policy

Background This study examines criminal charges amongst cannabis use disorder (CUD) patients and a matched sample in a setting of ..

Delinquency, Arrest and Early School Leaving*

Shannon Ward, Jenny Williams, Jan C van Ours

Journal article  |  2020  |  OXFORD BULLETIN OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS

Boys typically initiate delinquent behaviour during their teenage years, and many go on to be arrested. We show that engaging in d..

Estimating Peer Effects on Career Choice: A Spatial Multinomial Logit Approach

Bolun Li, Robin Sickles, Jenny Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  Advances in Econometrics

Peers and friends are among the most influential social forces affecting adolescent behavior. In this chapter, the authors investi..

Standard of Living and Disability in Cambodia

M Palmer, J Williams, B McPake

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Development Studies

Little is known about the extra costs faced by households with disabled members in low resource settings and the impact of these c..

Hours worked by general practitioners and waiting times for primary care

Megha Swami, Hugh Gravelle, Anthony Scott, Jenny Williams

Journal article  |  2018  |  HEALTH ECONOMICS

The decline in the working hours of general practitioners (GPs) is a key factor influencing access to health care in many countrie..

ECONOMIC INSIGHTS ON MARKET STRUCTURE AND COMPETITION

Jenny Williams

Journal article  |  2016  |  ADDICTION

Attitudes to legalizing cannabis use

Jenny Williams, Jan C van Ours, Michael Grossman

Journal article  |  2016  |  HEALTH ECONOMICS

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between cannabis use and attitudes to legalizing the use of cannabis. Predictions f..

CANNABIS USE AND ITS EFFECTS ON HEALTH, EDUCATION AND LABOR MARKET SUCCESS

Jan C van Ours, Jenny Williams

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS

Cannabis is the most popular illegal drug. Its legal status is typically justified on the grounds that cannabis use has harmful co..