The Mechanisms of Alcohol Control

Christopher S. Carpenter (), Carlos Dobkin and Casey Warman
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Christopher S. Carpenter: Vanderbilt University

No 8720, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: A substantial economics literature documents that tighter alcohol controls reduce alcohol related harms, but far less is known about mechanisms. We use the universe of Canadian mortality records to document that Canada's Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) significantly reduces mortality rates of young men but has much smaller effects on women. Using drinking data that are far more detailed than in prior work, we document that the MLDA substantially reduces 'extreme' drinking among men but not women. Our results suggest that alcohol control efforts targeting young adults should focus on reducing extreme drinking behavior.

Keywords: MLDA; alcohol control; mechanisms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 78 pages
Date: 2014-12
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Published - published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2016, 51 (2), 328-356.

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