Alcohol, violence and injury-induced mortality: Evidence from a modern-day prohibition

Arbeitspapier

This paper evaluates the impact of a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa. We find that this policy causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban. We argue that this estimate constitutes a lower bound on the true impact of alcohol on injury-induced mortality. We also document a sharp drop in violent crimes, indicating a tight link between alcohol and aggressive behavior in society. Our results underscore the severe harm that alcohol can cause and point towards a role for policy measures that target the heaviest drinkers in society.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WZB Discussion Paper ; No. SP II 2022-301

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Health Behavior ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
• Thema: alcohol ; mortality ; economics ; health ; crime ; South Africa ; COVID-19 ; violence

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Barron, Kai ; Parry, Charles D. H. ; Bradshaw, Debbie ; Dorrington, Rob ; Groenewald, Pam ; Laubscher, Ria ; Matzopoulos, Richard
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
• (wo): Berlin
• (wann): 2022

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/251789
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ