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Welcome to the Chair of Public Economics
This website provides information about the teaching and research activities of the Chair of Public Economics.
Our research focuses on Policy Evaluation, Economics of Education, Labor Economics, and Public Economics.
We offer courses and seminars at the undergraduate (Bachelor) and graduate (Master, PhD) levels.
For more information please refer to the links at the top of this page.
Research Colloquium - Behavioral Health Treatment and Police Officer Safety
Time
Tuesday, 16. April 2024
15:15 - 16:45
Location
F425
Organizer
Junior Professorship Fernández-Guerrico
Speaker:
Catherine Maclean (George Mason University)
Behavioral Health Treatment and Police Officer Safety
(Monica Deza, Thanh Lu, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Alberto Ortega)
Abstract: We study the effect of community access to behavioral health (mental health and substance use disorders) treatment on police officer safety, which we proxy with on-duty assaults on officers. Combining agency-level data on police officer on-duty assaults and county-level data on the number of treatment centers within the community that offer behavioral health treatment, we estimate two-way fixed-effects regressions and find that that an additional four centers per county (average increase) leads to a 1.3% reduction per police agency in on-duty assaults against police officers. Previously established benefits of access to treatment on behavioral health extend to the work environment of police officers.
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Research Colloquium - Behavioral Health Treatment and Police Officer Safety
Time
Tuesday, 16. April 2024
15:15 - 16:45
Location
F425
Organizer
Junior Professorship Fernández-Guerrico
Speaker:
Catherine Maclean (George Mason University)
Behavioral Health Treatment and Police Officer Safety
(Monica Deza, Thanh Lu, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Alberto Ortega)
Abstract: We study the effect of community access to behavioral health (mental health and substance use disorders) treatment on police officer safety, which we proxy with on-duty assaults on officers. Combining agency-level data on police officer on-duty assaults and county-level data on the number of treatment centers within the community that offer behavioral health treatment, we estimate two-way fixed-effects regressions and find that that an additional four centers per county (average increase) leads to a 1.3% reduction per police agency in on-duty assaults against police officers. Previously established benefits of access to treatment on behavioral health extend to the work environment of police officers.