Arbeitspapier
Do gun buybacks save lives? Evidence from panel data
In 1997, Australia implemented a gun buyback program that reduced the stock of firearms by around one-fifth. Using differences across states in the number of firearms withdrawn, we test whether the reduction in firearms availability affected firearm homicide and suicide rates. We find that the buyback led to a drop in the firearm suicide rates of almost 80 per cent, with no statistically significant effect on non-firearm death rates. The estimated effect on firearm homicides is of similar magnitude, but is less precise. The results are robust to a variety of specification checks, and to instrumenting the state-level buyback rate.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4995
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health Behavior
Criminal Law
- Thema
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Firearms ownership
homicide
suicide
panel data
Waffe
Öffentliche Beschaffung
Waffenrecht
Wirkungsanalyse
Selbstmord
Kriminalität
Australien
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Leigh, Andrew
Neill, Christine
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2010
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Leigh, Andrew
- Neill, Christine
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2010
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