Reducing Alcohol-Related Violence: A Field Experiment with Bartenders

Andrés Ham, Darío Maldonado, Michael Weintraub (), Andrés Felipe Camacho () and Daniela Gualtero ()

No 17834, Documentos de trabajo from Escuela de Gobierno - Universidad de los Andes

Abstract: This paper studies whether bartenders that adopt standardized practices can promote responsible alcohol consumption and subsequently reduce alcohol-attributable violence. We conduct a randomized experiment in four localities of Bogotá in cooperation with Colombia’s largest brewery and Bogota’s Secretariat of Security, Coexistence, and Justice. Our design allows estimating direct and spillover effects on reported incidents within and around bars. Results show that bartenders in treatment locations sell more water and food, thus contributing to more responsible alcohol consumption by patrons. We find no direct or spillover effects of these changes in consumption on brawls, but some improvement on other alcohol-related incidents. ***** Este trabajo estudia el rol que tienen los tenderos de barrio para promover el consumo responsable de alcohol y analiza si el consumo responsable reduce las rinas dentro y alrededor de tiendas. Este estudio presenta la evaluación experimental del programa “Buenos Tragos” en cuatro localidades de Bogotá. El diseno experimental permite estimar efectos directos e indirectos sobre reportes de rinas y otros incidentes dentro y alrededor de las tiendas de barrio. Los resultados indican que el programa Buenos Tragos hace que los tenderos vendan mas agua y comida, por lo cual sí logran fomentar el consumo responsable entre sus clientes. Sin embargo, no encontramos efectos directos o indirectos del programa sobre rinas, pero si reducciones en otros incidentes relacionados con el alcohol como embriaguez y alteración del orden publico.

Keywords: Alcohol; bartenders; brawls; alcohol-related violence; crime. Alcohol; tenderos; rinas; violencia relacionada al alcohol; crimen. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D90 I10 K42 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 58
Date: 2019-10-17
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