Estimating the Relationship between Alcohol Policies and Youth Violence

Sara Markowitz, Erik Nesson, Eileen Poe-Yamagata, Curtis Florence, Tracy Roberts and Sarah Link
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Eileen Poe-Yamagata: IMPAQ International, LLC
Curtis Florence: Centers for Disease Control
Tracy Roberts: IMPAQ International, LLC
Sarah Link: Centers for Disease Control

No 201205, Working Papers from Ball State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Violence is one of the leading social problems in the United States, and the development of appropriate public policies to curtail violence is confounded by the relationship between violence and alcohol. In this paper, we estimate the propensity of alcohol control policies to reduce the incidence of violence among youth. The alcohol control policies we examine include the retail price of beer, drunk driving laws and penalties, keg laws, and serving and selling laws. We estimate a reduced form model of violence along with demand equations for binge drinking. Our results provide evidence that alcohol prices and restrictions on availability are negatively associated with binge drinking and with fighting. Regulations on kegs and penalties for drunk driving are also effective in reducing these outcomes. However, other alcohol control policies that are considered restrictive are not effective in reducing youth drinking and violence.

Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2012-06, Revised 2012-06
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