Not a Sip: Effects of Zero Tolerance Laws on Road Traffic Fatalities

Andrés Ramasco
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Andrés Ramasco: University of Notre Dame

No 289, Working Papers from Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE)

Abstract: Curtailing alcohol-related traffic fatalities is especially important for policymakers. I study whether there is an effect on Health Outcomes related to traffic accidents caused by Zero-Tolerance Laws and the mechanism driving these effects. Using Fatalities and Injuries counts at the county level. I exploit time and geographic variation in adopting the laws in a Difference-in-Differences framework. I find no sizeable reductions in various health outcomes, including traffic fatalities. I also test for heterogeneity across age groups, finding no significant differences. I propose and evaluate the persistence of drinking behavior and alcohol-related Hospitalizations as mechanisms explaining the null effects, finding no significant changes in several measures of alcohol consumption

Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2023-11
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