Health effects of a ban on late‐night alcohol sales

Artikel

This paper studies the impact of a ban on late‐night off‐premise alcohol sales between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in Germany. We use three large administrative data sets: (i) German diagnosis related groups‐Statistik, (ii) data from a large social health insurance, and (iii) Road Traffic Accident Statistics. Applying difference‐in‐differences and synthetic‐control‐group methods, we find that the ban had no effects on alcohol‐related road casualties, but significantly reduced alcohol‐related hospitalizations (doctor visits) among young people by around 9 (18) percent. The decrease is driven by fewer hospitalizations due to acute alcohol intoxication during the night—when the ban is in place—but not during the day.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Health Economics ; ISSN: 1099-1050 ; Volume: 32 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 65-89 ; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: alcohol control policies ; binge drinking ; difference‐in‐differences ; road casualties ; sales restrictions ; synthetic control

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bäuml, Matthias ; Marcus, Jan ; Siedler, Thomas
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Wiley
• (wo): Hoboken, NJ
• (wann): 2022

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1002/hec.4610
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ