David Powell

5.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
115 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

David Powell is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, David Powell has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 35 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 30 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in David Powell's work include Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (32 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (18 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (18 papers). David Powell is often cited by papers focused on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (32 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (18 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (18 papers). David Powell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. David Powell's co-authors include Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Nicole Maestas, Abby Alpert, Paul Heaton, Eric L. Sevigny, Mireille Jacobson, Rahi Abouk, Kathleen J. Mullen, Kathleen M. Mullen and Joachim Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

David Powell

105 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Assessing the Effects of Medical Marijuana Laws on Marijuana Use: The Devil is in the Details

2014 329 citations Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, David Powell et al. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management profile →
Association Between State Laws Facilitating Pharmacy Distribution of Naloxone and Risk of Fatal Overdose

2019 175 citations Rahi Abouk, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula et al. profile →
The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth, the Labor Force, and Productivity

2023 122 citations Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Powell United States	24	804	738	674	516	462	115	2.5k
Robert L. Ohsfeldt United States	35	385 0.5×	1.2k 1.6×	464 0.7×	1.1k 2.1×	114 0.2×	163	4.0k
Johannes Stoelwinder Australia	29	866 1.1×	547 0.7×	407 0.6×	1.2k 2.3×	81 0.2×	89	4.0k
David S. Salkever United States	35	976 1.2×	1.4k 1.9×	587 0.9×	1.3k 2.5×	94 0.2×	114	6.1k
Fang Zhang China	20	297 0.4×	668 0.9×	234 0.3×	534 1.0×	71 0.2×	85	2.2k
José A. Pagán United States	35	623 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	392 0.6×	1.4k 2.7×	77 0.2×	215	4.0k
Pinar Karaca‐Mandic United States	26	347 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	136 0.2×	705 1.4×	80 0.2×	120	2.8k
Unto Häkkinen Finland	32	286 0.4×	1.4k 1.8×	453 0.7×	1.8k 3.5×	408 0.9×	168	4.1k
Sean Nicholson United States	27	337 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	343 0.5×	1.4k 2.7×	222 0.5×	67	3.3k
Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin United States	24	826 1.0×	1.2k 1.7×	473 0.7×	1.7k 3.3×	66 0.1×	102	3.7k
Dhaval Dave United States	27	477 0.6×	652 0.9×	271 0.4×	836 1.6×	85 0.2×	114	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by David Powell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Powell

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20 of 20 papers shown

Powell, David. (2025). Understanding the demographics of the opioid overdose death crisis. Journal of Population Economics. 38(3). 54–54. 1 indexed citations

Allen, Lindsay, et al.. (2024). Opioid Prescribing Patterns After Imposition of Setting-Specific Limits on Prescription Duration. JAMA Health Forum. 5(1). e234731–e234731. 10 indexed citations

Smart, Rosanna, David Powell, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, et al.. (2024). Investigating the complexity of naloxone distribution: Which policies matter for pharmacies and potential recipients. Journal of Health Economics. 97. 102917–102917. 8 indexed citations

Abouk, Rahi, et al.. (2023). Pain Management and Work Capacity: Evidence From Workers’ Compensation and Marijuana Legalization. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 42(3). 737–770. 3 indexed citations

Zingmond, David S., David Powell, Lee A. Jennings, et al.. (2023). Changes over time in POLST use and content by race and ethnicity among California nursing home residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 71(9). 2779–2787. 3 indexed citations

Powell, David, Evan D. Peet, & Rosalie Liccardo Pacula. (2023). Understanding the rise in overdose deaths involving opioids and non-opioid prescription drugs in the United States. International Journal of Drug Policy. 141. 104104–104104. 2 indexed citations

Powell, David, et al.. (2023). Estimating Policy Effects using Lagged Outcome Values to Impute Counterfactuals. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Powell, David. (2023). Growth in Suicide Rates Among Children During the Illicit Opioid Crisis. Demography. 60(6). 1843–1875. 2 indexed citations

Powell, David, Kanaka Shetty, & Evan D. Peet. (2023). Trends in overdose deaths involving gabapentinoids and Z-drugs in the United States. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 249. 109952–109952. 3 indexed citations

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Zingmond, David S., David Powell, Lee A. Jennings, et al.. (2023). Relationship of POLST to Hospitalization and ICU Care Among Nursing Home Residents in California. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 38(16). 3535–3540. 2 indexed citations

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Stein, Bradley D., Rosanna Smart, Christopher M. Jones, et al.. (2021). Individual and Community Factors Associated with Naloxone Co-prescribing Among Long-term Opioid Patients: a Retrospective Analysis. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 36(10). 2952–2957. 21 indexed citations

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Abouk, Rahi & David Powell. (2021). Can electronic prescribing mandates reduce opioid-related overdoses?. Economics & Human Biology. 42. 101000–101000. 5 indexed citations

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Cantor, Jonathan, David Powell, Aaron Kofner, & Bradley D. Stein. (2021). Population-based estimates of geographic accessibility of medication for opioid use disorder by substance use disorder treatment facilities from 2014 to 2020. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 229(Pt A). 109107–109107. 21 indexed citations

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Schuler, Megan S., Sara E. Heins, Rosanna Smart, et al.. (2020). The state of the science in opioid policy research. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 214. 108137–108137. 40 indexed citations

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Powell, David & Rosalie Liccardo Pacula. (2020). The Evolving Consequences of OxyContin Reformulation on Drug Overdoses. American Journal of Health Economics. 7(1). 41–67. 46 indexed citations

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Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Jeffrey B. Wenger, & Till von Wachter. (2017). WP 2016-362. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 1 indexed citations

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Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen, & David Powell. (2016). The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth, he Labor Force and Productivity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Powell, David, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, & Erin Audrey Taylor. (2015). Does Prescription Drug Coverage Increase Opioid Abuse? Evidence from Medicare Part D. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Powell, David. (2010). Unconditional Quantile Treatment Effects in the Presence of Covariates. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Powell, David, Paul A. Tunick, Barry P. Rosenzweig, et al.. (2000). Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Aortic Stenosis and Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Archives of Internal Medicine. 160(9). 1337–1337. 80 indexed citations

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